I used to find it pretty confusing to. I mean, most of the shit I worked in I was quite happy with Arial or some monospace font. Since then, I've worked with s

I used to find it pretty confusing to. I mean, most of the shit I worked in I was quite happy with Arial or some monospace font. Since then, I've worked with some truly excellent designers. They're people who are great at design, but know very little about the web, so they tend to bring some of the more 'traditional' design concepts with them. I've seen that the difference in feeling/perception a font can convey for your message when used well is much more significant than I ever would have presumed. Simply put, there is an aspect of your message that cannot be conveyed with fonts that are available across every device and operating system. (What... Arial, Verdana, Georgia and Times New Roman?). I still don't necessarily grasp the difference between, say, "Proxima Nova" and "Montserrat" (Google Web Font), but at this point I'm a little more willing to trust the designer.