SEO with image link alt text vs standard text-based link

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Hi,

I'm currently developing a website and the main navigation is made up of image links because the font used for them isn't standard.

My client's only worry is will this mess up search engine optimization? Can I just add alt text to the images like "link 1" or use the name attribute of the anchor tag? Or would it be better to just have the navigation as anchor tags with the names of the links in them like: <a href="...">link 1</a>?

I'm new to SEO so really don't know which to suggest to him,

Thanks for your time,

InfinitiFizz

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