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I just discovered a new Google feature that I’m obsessed with. Typography nerds, prepare for your day to be a million times better. Now if you go to Google and type in your favorite font, you’ll get a wonderful surprise: the entire page will change to that font. This is one of the best google easter eggs I’ve seen it.
I came across it by typing (somewhat embarrassingly, sorry Uber Serious Design Types) ‘comic sans’ for a completely unrelated reason and I was tickled as the text changed before my eyes. Then a colleague tried it with other fonts including Garamond, Impact and Times New Roman. Sometimes you have to add ‘font’ to the font name to make it work (and many of the best free fonts are on the list). I’ve shared a few examples below, but I don’t want to spoil the surprise.
Google comic without
Comic Sans completely transforms the feel of the Internet. How friendly can it be.
Impact font in Google
I understand why we don’t use Impact more widely. For more usability web fonts see our guide. And learn about it types of typography here.