People say that for a painter a blank canvas has endless possibilities. Well, Arial font is my blank canvas. When I'm creating graphics either for The Rocket, this blog, or for anything else, Arial is one of my favorite fonts to use, second only to BaseOne. I like Arial because of how plain it is. It is extremely simple and thus, extremely readable. And because it is so simple and so readable you can pretty much do whatever you want to it and people can still read it. You can add what ever effects, make it whatever color, make it bold, italic, bold AND italic, it doesn't matter. People will still be able to read it, This kind of creative flexibility is why I almost always use Arial in graphics.
Here it is colored red and with a stroke. Still readable.
Here it is colored green with an inner shadow. Still readable.
Here it is colored blue, beveled and embossed, with an outer glow and a drop shadow. STILL READABLE.
Long story short, you can pretty much do whatever you want to Arial font and you will still be able to read it. Which is why I love it.
