The best web and mobile fonts of 2012

Wow, with the exception of Adobe’s Source Code, those fonts are pretty dreadful. I’d say they’re worth exactly the price their creators are asking for it.

For lists of good new webfonts, try MyFonts’ monthly ‘Rising Stars’ newsletter: http://webfonts.info/webfonts-know-how/november-rising-stars...

Also, Typographica makes an superb list every January: http://typographica.org/features/our-favorite-typefaces-of-2...

And for some inspiration, you can always check the most popular fonts at TypeKit: https://typekit.com/lists/favorite-fonts

The 'best' mobile font is the one already on the visitors device so they don't have to wait for another to download...

I guess that might be some of the best free fonts, but even then I don't really like them. Most people using web fonts would have a Typekit account. I'd take most of the fonts on Typekit over this list.

However, I've found that the WebType service actually has the best text fonts for small sizes. Headlines are nice, but what really matters is your <p> text. Their RE (Readability) series is excellent for small text.

http://www.webtype.com/catalog/?wssmall=829

I'm personally using Benton Modern RE and Benton Modern Sans RE for smaller sizes, and Benton Modern Display for <h1> headlines.

These are so Latin-1 centric fonts, I doubt they are useful for the rest of the world.

I always find these best of lists nice, I never think they are actually the "best of" but I do end up finding one or two gems I add to my box of whatever it's the "best of" of. I guess it's a small thing I just don't like the titling of "best" articles.

Hint: Click the font-name above the pictures to get to the source.

They should make that easier to discover.