I have tons of favorite fonts. I like the more artictic ones...but will only use them for large headings because they are hard to read...like Curlz, JokermanLET, Lucida Handwriting, Maiandria GD, Matisse ITC, Papyrus LET, Kids, Kristin ITC, Eras Light ITC, Kaufmann BT, Bradley Hand ITC, Harrington, Dauphin.

Some tried and true that I use for typing typing long paragraphs that's easier to read are Goudy Old Style, Arial, Comic Sans MS, Tempus Sans ITC, and of course Times New Roman.

I use Netscape Composer(it's free!) to do my web pages and Adobe Photoshop for all graphics. In the past I have used Microsoft Frontpage, it was pretty good...but I haven't used it in so long, that I'd have to play with it for awhile to remember. I know some people like to use Dreamweaver(I think that's the name) but I've never tried it. An awesome layout program(but way to pricey for me) is Quark. I love Quark. Only one lab in my school had it on their computers, but it made everything so easy for my assignments. Another good graphics program is Freehand. I've only dabbled in webdesign. Others could probably give you better ideas for programs.