: Which font should I use when I do not have a lot of real estate , and anti-aliasing turned off I have been developing a lot of Windows 7 gadgets lately. The max suggested height and width

@Sims5801359

Generally, when developing applications within an OS, you just inherit the current system font, whatever that is, rather than specifying a font explicitly. I'm pretty sure that's the case for default Windows gadgets, like the weather one.

Games, which generally run full screen are a notable exception.

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@Vandalay110

I don't know the basics of gadgets, but if you can specify 3rd party fonts, then look at so-called pixel or bitmap fonts ( e.g. www.dafont.com/bitmap.php ). They are specifically designed for sub-9px size.

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@Michele215

If the user interface is only intended for Windows, then I would suggest sticking with Tahoma. It is Window's default font (I believe at 9 pt) for all interface elements and is clearly readable at small sizes.

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@LarsenBagley460

i would suggest :


Times new roman
verdana
arial unicode ms
Arial


if you are using Photoshop to discover text then click on text layer and click on anti alias none by this you'll come to know how your font will look like when anti alias turned of..

hope this will help :)

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