Helvetica, I love TypographyThe web is littered with sites hiding their content with text the size of the legalese. This basic introduction I Love Typography´s covers: contrast, size, and hierarchy and space and is worth a minute of your time whether you are quite familiar with the issues or you haven´t considered the topic before.

It’s worth noting that Typography is not just about choosing a font, or even distinguishing one typeface from another. In recent experiments, trained Monkeys were able to correctly identify Helvetica 90% of the time. (A Guide to Web Typography)

Interested in more technical aspects of the subject, the subject is quite adequately covered, among other places on A List Apart

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