Verdana
Shares rank 24 of 26 typefaces by recommenders
Recommended for being easy to read, including on low-resolution screens, and for working as one font for everything.
Recommended for being easy to read, including on low-resolution screens, and for working as one font for everything.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Easy to read on screens
“It's much easier to read when everything is in one font to rule them all.”
Comment from 6 Mar 2026 in “Stop Using Grey Text” “Verdana is more readable on low-resolution screens than Calibri.”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Calibri Wasn't Fit for the State Department; Neither Is Times New Roman” “recommended as the most usable common font”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “Coccinelle: The Linux kernel's source-to-source transformation tool”
Other typefaces people recommend
The four most recommended other typefaces, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Times New Roman | 35 | 28 | 56% | 4 | — | — |
| Atkinson Hyperlegible | 23 | 2 | 92% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Shantell Sans | 19 | 1 | 95% | 2 | — | — |
| Calibri | 16 | 36 | 31% | 1 | — | — |
| VerdanaThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it would had been nice if Microsoft had open sourced Verdana, Georgia”
“It's much easier to read when everything is in one font to rule them all.”
“recommended as the most usable common font”
“Verdana is more readable on low-resolution screens than Calibri.”
“I have been teased for liking that font too much”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.