I'll refer you to my old standard example, http://www.suicidegirls.com
Lots of text, lots going on, lots of features. This is what a REAL adult site is, lots of quality and a very transparent members area, you know exactly what you are getting. Think JustUsBoys too. Why does this sell better? Because surfers KNOW the site has plenty going on before they sign up, and they know the owners of the site care very much about it's content and upkeep.

With a "glossy" tour that has the text inserted in the graphics, surfers get the impression that the sites design was ordered that way from a 3rd party and has little to do with the actual members area or content. They've most likely been burnt by this type of site before, where the designers abilities far outdid the owner's ability to provide a quality members area.

Too answer the original question - YES font still matters very much, and you should still go for the lowest-common-denomenator fonts that you mentioned. Have a look at the two examples I mentioned to see how they used very standard fonts to create really nice looking pages.

Quote Originally Posted by maxpower
Really that’s really weird?? I see you do use it on your members site, but still I do not see why people would like that more? How much better would you say regular text does in % like 5% 20% ?? I would have still add about the same text in the graphics and all. Its just that I would thing text done in graphics looks better and more professional. I guess if you really think I should try an alternate version it would be kinda easy to alter the graphics to include text, but I would only test it on allot smaller amount of traffic first.