Generically speaking - From a "modern" graphic design standpoint, which supporting font (body text typography) goes best with Tenor Sans as a header? Thoughts on Droid Sans / Gill Sans / PT Sans / Lucinda Sans / Other? Is Verdana or Ariel too old school for a site wanting to be modern?

i would go with droid sans

its being used as body fonts in quiet a few modern websites nowadays

Yeah, Droid Sans has nice readability at all sizes. Ubuntu is also a very nice and modern looking font.

This is very nice discussion I am enjoying this forum.

Droid Sans is a great face; it's been designed from the ground up for legibility on screen at small sizes.

 

Edit: I'd suggest choosing your body font first and matching your heading font to that rather than the other way around.

Edited January 18, 201313 yr by Renaissance-Design

I think those are the droids you're looking for....

 

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"I'd suggest choosing your body font first and matching your heading font to that rather than the other way around. "

So go with Droid Sans to compliment Tenor Sans headers or is Tenor Sans as body text (what it is currently) legible in most browsers?

Is Verdana or Ariel too old school for a site wanting to be modern?

 

Yes, I think that these fonts are not for a modern websites.

"I'd suggest choosing your body font first and matching your heading font to that rather than the other way around. "

So go with Droid Sans to compliment Tenor Sans headers or is Tenor Sans as body text (what it is currently) legible in most browsers?

Droid Sans for body font.

 

To clarify on what Renaissance said:

 

Since most of the content is body text it would be better practice to choose a legible typeface for the body and then decide upon by matching it to the body text, rather than choosing a header typeface then deciding the body font based on its match with the headings.