Best font to use.

[Haynesey]

Hi, Just designing a database, wondered what the best choice of font to use is on forms?

Any ideas?
Thanks
Lee

 

[Rich]

From which perspective?

 

[Haynesey]

What do you mean? What font should I use on Labels, and text fields.

at the moment I have been using Arial for text fields and Bold Arial for Labels, but I have been advised not to use Arial when designing databases.

Cheers

 

[Rich]

Don't know why, I'm sure it's one of the standard fonts shipped with access, the only font I've seen recommended is the one that causes NoLicence errors strangely Hattenschweiler

 

[Pat Hartman]

I prefer sans serif fonts. Ariel is the default font and the one I use for most labels and data fields. Ariel is also safe since it is always installed with windows. If you use a non-standard font and don't install it on all the computers that will be using your app, Windows will substutite some other font which may look terrible so be careful.

 

[Haynesey]

Thanks for all your help.

 

[llkhoutx]

Use a true type font which is scaleable in the event you subsequently rescale your forms based on Monitor resolution.