What fonts do you like/use for letters and/or emails?

[Earlybird]

Just curious, as I think I'd like a change...

Book Antiqua

I hate Times New Roman with a passion - no idea why - just do not like it as a font.

for personal letters - I sometimes use

Bradley Hand ITC

Arial for work, Bradley Hand ITC or Comic Sans MS for personal, invitations etc. Like Copperplate Gothic too.

Arial for worky stuffy.

Comic sans serif for more personal stuff usually

times new roman - always - for 'grown up stuff'

for work (school) I usually use comic sans and if for real littlies I use sassoon primary

Arial as it's san serif and easy to read. Plus I use a lot of spreadsheets and arial is a standard spreadsheet font.

I detest Times New Roman too eidsvold, I froth if anyone sends me stuff written with it.

My top two general use fonts are Verdana and Trebuchet but I also like Book Antiqua, Tahoma and Georgia.

As a standard work one I prefer Arial to Times New Roman.

For fun emails (children's invitations etc.) I tend to use Kristen ITC, Monotype Corsiva, Curlz MT, Papyrus or Comic Sans MS.

I like comic sans MS, especially for newsletters etc

I tend to use Arial at work, as it's easy on the eye.

Comic Sans is over-used IMO and doesn't create good impression. I wouldn't use it professionally, and in personal stuff I would only use it for children's things.

I like Trebuchet or Tahoma for letters.

OK, I know this is a real triviality, but I really hate comic sans when used in school newsletters etc (or anything really). I am amazed by its popularity!

I like Arial for everything, varying font sizes depending on what I'm producing. I do a lot of information posters/memos for work and they have to be clear.... most of mine you can read from 50 yards off .

Anything in Comic Sans Serif gets a thumbs down from me - it's childish and hard to read. Times New Roman is bearable but doesn't always scan or email well.

Arial. Someone told me that Verdana is the one to use on cvs. Could any HR people confirm that?

Comic sans gets used in schools a lot because the a is formed in the same way that children write it.
At school I use Arial for official stuff, comic sans or a special cursive handwriting font for things the children will be reading or Kristen for more 'fun' items & labels for trays/pegs etc

Verdana is a font which was specifically designed for use on screen as each letter is spaced slightly further apart than Arial or other sans serif fonts, so is the best (and most used) font for use on the internet, and is usually the default option for most interent browsers.

Arial or Helvetica are usually best for printed letters or CVs for a professional look, because they are clear to read and unfussy.
Unless you are applying to a creative job in which case you might chose something different (such as Eurostile)

Comic Sans is just a crime to font choices there is no forgiveness for using this for any professional correspondence, (for childish uses only).

if it is for dd1 - I use the beginners alphabet which is a specialised font I had to download to the pc - script she is taught to write and I also have the cursive of it too for when she is learning cursive writing.

This should be the official Mumsnet font.

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I like Tahoma

Book Antiqua

gill sans mt. ve clear. nice in 11pt.

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I don't mind Times New Roman.
I like Arial.
I hate Comic Sans MS in any context other than Primary Schools, in fact it should be illegal to use it elsewhere.
For the DDs I like Chick and Pussycat.
From now on, though, I will be using the fanjo one, and I think that it should be the official Mumsnet font of choice.

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