What font do you like in documents?

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Times New Roman was always so ugly. I used it in elementary school with Word, but by middle school I learned to like Garamond more. I could fit more unless I really had a problem meeting an essay minimum length. Arial would rarely come in play because it's a clear attempt to make your paper longer.

With Word 2007, I've never looked back. Calibri ALL THE WAY.

Edit: and you know how people say courier new looks like old skool because it's typewriter-ish? Yeah it's old. It's 70s. If I read a document with Courier New (except emails w/o HTML support), I'd think "WTF, is this a document from the stone age?"

Well similarly Times New Roman is so 90s. Not that the 90s is old, but to me it looks less and less attractive. While it's professional, it's getting boring. Calibri has the professional, yet new, and interesting look to it. Who knows what will happen 5 years down the road?

Edit 2: Now that I think of it, Calibri is slightly smaller than Times New Roman. Although the default spacing settings in Word 2007 make it more friendly on the eyes, reverting back to 1.0 spacing and throwing out the 10pt vertical spacing is still very readable and professional. I can cram more in than Times New Roman.

 

[Kirby]

I'm a fan of calibri too.

 

[Mo0o]

Whatever is defaulted (either TNR, Arial or Calibri). Anything else looks unprofessional

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Calibri is tits.

 

[duragezic]

I'm with ya, Calibri is excellent.

Times New Roman looks kind of crap and I'm sick of Arial. I only use Courier New for code.

 

[duragezic]

I'm with ya, Calibri is excellent.

Times New Roman looks kind of crap and I'm sick of Arial. I only use Courier New for code.

 

[Printer Bandit]

Arial

 

[Locut0s]

No preference. As long as it's not something fancy I don't really care what font it's in.

 

[DonInKansas]

Arial ftw.

 

[BoomerD]

It all depends on what the document is for.

Professional documents, Times New Roman only.

Non-professional docs, Arial or Calibri are fine.

 

[Sureshot324]

Calibri is basically Arial minus 0.5 point font size.

 

[lifeobry]

Calibri is pretty great. Very easy on the eyes.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Calibri > *

 

[Leros]

I always use Times New Roman for papers and stuff. It feels more professional.

 

[Balt]

Wingdings.

 

[Lonyo]

Palatino Linotype

 

[grrl]

I hate TNR. Helvetica or Arial is my preference.

Why are people saying TNR for professional papers? Arial can look just as professional IMO. It's not like it's Comic San Serif.

 

[Born2bwire]

Computer Modern or Times New Roman.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I use Comic Sans when I have the chance. Such a nice font.

Sweet, now I can use this for all my posts, I didn't realize I could change fonts in VB.

 

[esun]

Computer Modern

 

[Leros]

Computer Modern or Times New Roman.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I use Comic Sans when I have the chance. Such a nice font.

Sweet, now I can use this for all my posts, I didn't realize I could change fonts in VB.

You can do a lot in VB.

 

[Born2bwire]

You can do a lot in VB.

Can we do blinking text?

 

[Locut0s]

Can we do blinking text?

If they ever allow that they better also allow us to kill posters remotely.

 

[Born2bwire]

If they ever allow that they better also allow us to kill posters remotely.

I'll submit it to the suggestion box. In the meantime, maybe we can order a font CD and give VB even more options: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDiDATbIG-o

 

[ShawnD1]

I usually use Arial.

 

[Exterous]

I seem to remember being told to use TNR or Arial by my college English professor. I can't remember what she said but she gave me the impression it was an unofficial standard that most professionals like to see.