You've been asking for more control over the appearance of the ads on
your sites, so we're happy to let you know that you can now change the
font face of the text in ad units on pages in Latin-character
languages. You can choose between Arial, Times, and Verdana font faces.
Please note that while font options will appear in every account,
they'll currently only be applied to ad units on pages primarily in
Latin-based characters.There are a few ways to customize the font face
of your ad units. If you'd like to quickly change the font settings for
every ad unit generated from your account, visit the 'Ad Display
Preference' section of your Account Settings page to select a new
account-wide font face. This will affect all units you've created in
the past, regardless of whether you used the Manage Ads feature. By
default, your ads are currently set to 'Standard AdSense font family',
which we've found has performed well across browsers and
displays.However, you can also select custom font faces for specific ad
units that you've created with the Manage Ads feature. When creating
new ad units, you'll be prompted to select between the
default 'Standard AdSense font family', your new account-wide font face
(if you've selected one), or another font face. You can also change the
appearance of existing ad units, by visiting the Manage Ads page of
your account and updating your font choices for specific ad units. Once
you've changed the font face of an ad unit away from the default, those
selections will be maintained even if you change your account-wide
settings later.Just as with color and placement optimizations, we
encourage you to test these new font options to find the best
combination for your sites. For instance, you can try matching the font
face of your ads to that of your sites. Enjoy the new font faces, and
feel free to leave feedback in our comments field below.Posted by
Arlene Lee - Inside AdSense Team

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Posted By Inside AdSense Team to Inside AdSense at 2/19/2009 04:06:00 PM