what font does google use?

[Transplant]

anybody know what font google uses for their adsence ads. I'm trying to mimic their ad format for my nav bar and can't get it to look right.

 

[Reefer420]

they have a custom one, or at least one that is very hard to find, and you can find it online if you search hard enough. There used to be a site that would allow you to input any text and it would output it into a .jpg with that font style - which was awesome, but it doesn't work anymore.

You can buy it online sometimes, usually from pretty shady sites.

 

[fitzdog]

Match Google Adsense Font Type and Size to Increase CTR

I haven't tested but it says:

For the leaderboard
Title
line-height: 12px; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;
text
line-height: 12px; font-size: 10px; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;

For the large rectangle
Title
line-height: 14px;font-size: 11px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;
text
line-height: 14px;font-size: 10px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;

Try it out and post your results.

 

[fitzdog]

This screen font comparison tool may also prove helpful:
Typetester – Compare fonts for the screen