What is the best font to apply to a print stylesheet?

Question

When developing a print stylesheet for a web page, what fonts are recommended for use?

I was using Times New Roman, but it looks kinda bland.

What have you used before? IIRC they say serif fonts are easier to read on paper.

Answer 1

It depends on the purpose, length, and location of the text.

Serif fonts are definately easier to read in large blocks, however san-serif fonts are easier to read as headlines.

I am a fan of plain, standard fonts--nothing fancy. So, for me, I like Times New Roman for large areas of text and Arial for headlines.

Answer 2

I myself am a big fan of Gentium for printing.

I use it for things other than printing too, its just so sexy.

Gentium Sample http://www.imagepaste.com/img/f9234d922fead5b3590b465ee0249ff6.png

The only really obvious problem is, using a print style-sheet, you can't make any assumptions yet about what fonts the user has installed.

Times New Roman is becoming more ubiquitous, but its not available by default on many non-windows platforms.

There is progress being made in the realm of user-specified and download-on-the-fly font support, but its not very reliable yet.

Answer 3

Freedom is a major consideration for me when selecting a font to use for any purpose. I have adopted the Deja Vu family of fonts for my general purpose use, Deja Vu Sans in particular.

Answer 4

@media print {
    body {
        font: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
        background: #fff;
        font-size: 11pt;
    }
}

Always good to use Serif fonts.