Default Font?

I prefer Verdana. I find it easier to read and more appealing. Also, more text driven sites like wordpress, blogger, Facebook(to matchmyspace) and livejournal use Verdana (or fonts very similar such as Tahoma). Though of course themes are free to change the fonts. There's also the option of the changing the font depending on if the platform is mac or Windows since the big issue I see is in Windows font rendering.

For more information about Verdana:
http://www.will-harris.com/verdana-georgia.htm

The jist is. Verdana was designed for on screen use by Microsoft (or rather someone they hired), but that's of course somewhat academic. It's certainly about what you prefer (at first glance and after spending a lot of time staring at it).

A site you can go to compare for yourself: http://www.howardesign.com/exp/fonts/compare.html

Of course it's quite easy to make a list of sites either way.. just take a look at say which you prefer.

P.S. I compared both on the Mac and in Windows with ClearType enabled. I didn't try it with ClearType disabled which might make the difference.. I'm not sure what percentage of people have it on or off.

I should also add that Verdana should be set 1pt smaller than Arial for a fair size comparison. e.g. 12pt Arial is about the same size as 11pt Verdana

I have always preferred Verdana. The curves are rounder. A long passage of text in Verdana seems to respect my time in a way that Arial does not. Perhaps it's because it never feels squished or abrupt. Arial sort of feigns tribute to pleasance, with it's shapely contours and serif-less stems, but it doesn't lend the gravitas that Verdana does. Let's face it, reading is work. Verdana sympathizes with this notion, and Arial makes light of it.

There's a bunch of great fonts that come with Vista and Office 2007, tuned for digital media and ClearType.

Calibri, for example, is a replacement for Arial. And it's so beautiful.

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