: What (sans-serif) font should I use for an OS X application? Currently working on an application, which will be released on Multiple platforms, targeting OS X and Windows devices first, followed
Currently working on an application, which will be released on Multiple platforms, targeting OS X and Windows devices first, followed by iOS release. The current focus is on the OS X version, which will be released first.
During the design process, I have opted for Myriad Pro. Which suits the application in various areas very well. i.e. Titles, Labels, Menu Texts etc.
After some research though I have released it is not shipped with Macs or other OS.
I am currently working on OS X Lion and have no access to Avenir, however, I had the chance to try Helvetica and H. Neue, which looks fine but does not fit as well as Myriad Pro.
What fonts should I try to use?
What would be your suggestions as experienced designers on the
subject?
Thank you
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Arial is present on most systems. It's hard to fail using that font as your basic sans-serif font for multi-platform designs.
As far as I know "Arial" is the only sans-serif font which is natively installed on all 3 systems — iOS, osX, and Windows. If Arial doesn't suit your needs, you might have to opt-in for "font stacks" (which group different fonts with the same characteristics and the same visual appearance). In case you don't know: there is a good base of font-stacks to be found in the realms of "CSS font stacks" if you could need some grouped font names to get you started.
The default system font for OS X is Lucida Grande, so if you want a native look I'd recommend that. It's also more of a humanist style like Myriad.
If you don't like that, check out Geneva. That's also a very "Apple" font (albeit more of a historical footnote than practical reality in my experience)
Beyond that, Gill Sans and Futura are quality choices, though they definitely wouldn't have as much as a native feel.
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