Font Usage

On Websites & Publications

Here’s how fonts typically work –

  • If the document will be printed, most often you use a serif font. 
  • If the document will be presented digitally, you use a sans-serif (without serif) font. Sans-serif fonts are crisper-edged ones because they don’t have the curly-Qs and such...and are "better on the eye" digitally for legibility.

Difference between Serif and Sans serif

Serifs are the extra little markings on letters. So in French, “sans” means “without”…..so sans-serif means without those extra stroke marks. Those extra stroke marks make things more legible to the human eye….if something is printed….but not if it’s digital.

Serif vs. Sans-serif

 

Modern Campus CMS & Fonts

*** NOTE: Modern Campus CMS has its fonts established in the backend. So you need not worry with fonts. You just type in your content and the system handles the font selection based on Web Design standards.