I'd appreciate some tipps regarding "the right font", too.
I usually stick to "Arial" and "Arial Narrow" as otac0n94 wrote.
Additionally i increase/decrease the space between the letters.
Whohoo he is still alive! ;P
Long time no see.
Welcome back.
As for the font I use Arial black, or if there is really much text normal Arial.
And I prefer on using little bit drop shadow.
On Verticals it's not so strickt, so as long as the text is clear and does not look jaggedy it should be fine.