Learn about preferred fonts and contrast.
Arial font family
To aid readability, the preferred font family for most Fraser Health communications is Arial. Use this as a general font for the majority of your work. Ensure line spacing is 1.15 to 1.2 to support readability.
Palatino font family
Palatino is a good choice for long reports, text-heavy documents, such as letters, fact sheets and meeting minutes, and printed documents, due to its readability as a serif font. Arial can be used if preferred.
Contrast
It is important all text has strong contrast for accessibility. Using strong contrast improves readability for individuals with vision disabilities like color-blindness and low-vision impairments. The diagrams below outline the best combinations of text and background colours.
Blue
Black
Orange
