What font should I use for a CV?

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Ok so i'm presuming wingdings etc are out.

What's good?

i don't know but i use times new roman for everything

A simple font, but not Times New Roman (= lack of imagination in my book)

Mine's in Arial. Also like Verdana for a serif font.

:P

Verdana looks nice but i wondered if it was a bit boring.

sorry southeastastra

I like Tahoma

It should be a formal font.

Times New Roman (but I don't like this)
Arial
Helvetica (virtually identical to Arial)

Oops, I mean Garamond for a serif font, rather than Verdana (although Verdana is nice, I prefer Arial, which is more like Helvetica)

ok, arial it is.
thanks

Verdana.

don't say that, i've attempted an executive decision here.

verdana

Times New Roman - A CV should be concise and easy to read. LOL at the idea that the font should be imginative.

Times new roman is old school

fine if you are over 60 and applying to be a voluntary Treasurer

otherwise no no no

Morningpaper I always use Times New Roman in a 12 pitch and have never ever applied for a job that I didn't get.

times new romand just looks nice. what's this font btw?

I use Arial too!

I like Bookman Old Style, similar to TNR, but at least its a little different and makes your CV look a little different

I use arial. I dont like times new roman either.

lol you lot obviously don't remember when we had to change daisy wheel to get another font

I do astra!

I've just asked DP about this and he says Times New Roman is for old farts. He says for the last 5 years he has been using Arial because TNR conveys the wrong message.

ProfRichardDawkins - I didn't mean that a CV should be imaginative as in "I'm so wacky and cre8ive, look at the cool font I've used"; more in the sense that when I see a CV typed in TNR I tend to think that the candidate hasn't really thought much about how the CV might come across visually. I think sans serif fonts look much better: crisper, clearer, more professional.(Declared interest: I'm a very visual person, and when I've interviewed I get quite annoyed by CVs if the margins don't line up or a section runs over onto the next page. Don't know why.)