Does Your Resume Font Really Matter?
Best all-around serif system font. Iowan Old Style is also nice, but Apple stopped making it accessible in the OS. (It’s still installed—e.g., it’s one of the options in Safari reader view—so it must be a licensing issue.) 2 · Helvetica: The Helvetica font is a neutral font without ornamentation that is good for anyone who wants to present a modern, sophisticated look. Variants of this font are Neue Helvetica and Helvetica World. Lato: Lato is a sans-serif typeface that has a The most professional resume I've ever seen was just Arial Narrow and highly selective use of blue for headings. 20 level 2 · 4 yr. ago PDF would be easier than Word to view and everything though?? wtf 6 Continue this thread level 2 · 4 yr. ago
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Acceptable resume fonts include Calibri, Cambria, Garamond, Helvetica, Georgia, Tahoma, Verdana, Trebuchet MS, and Book Antiqua. Bad resume fonts include Times New Roman, Courier, Comic Sans, Papyrus, Impact, Futura, Lucida Console, and Arial. The ideal resume font size is between 10 and 12 pt · Helvetica: The Helvetica font is a neutral font without ornamentation that is good for anyone who wants to present a modern, sophisticated look. Variants of this font are Neue Helvetica and Helvetica World. Lato: Lato is a sans-serif typeface that has a Times New Roman, Arial, Calibri, Helvetica, Cambria, Georgia, and Garamond are all great fonts. Arial is great if you need to take up a lot of room on a page. It's a very large font. Conversely, Garamond is a very small font if you need to fit more on your page. The smallest size should be Personally, I think dates can be smaller. 1
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What should be my font size?
Best all-around serif system font. Iowan Old Style is also nice, but Apple stopped making it accessible in the OS. (It’s still installed—e.g., it’s one of the options in Safari reader view—so it must be a licensing issue.) 2 If a super conservative field like law - Times New Roman is definitely best. 5 level 1 rezi_io · 7 yr. ago Always garamound 4 level 2 ZPudd · 7 yr. ago +1 for garamond fans 1 Continue this thread level 1 gsmafra · 7 yr. ago I like Calibri 3 level 1 hannar · 7 yr. ago Georgia is my default Size anywhere from 10 - 12 Times New Roman is the most commonly used font which is exactly why you should stay away from it unless you want your résumé to look like everyone else and get lost. If you prefer serif fonts, I use Cambria or Garamond if you prefer sans serif fonts use Calibri 12 level 2 Op · 5 yr. ago
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Best all-around serif system font. Iowan Old Style is also nice, but Apple stopped making it accessible in the OS. (It’s still installed—e.g., it’s one of the options in Safari reader view—so it must be a licensing issue.) 2 · Helvetica: The Helvetica font is a neutral font without ornamentation that is good for anyone who wants to present a modern, sophisticated look. Variants of this font are Neue Helvetica and Helvetica World. Lato: Lato is a sans-serif typeface that has a Times New Roman, Arial, Calibri, Helvetica, Cambria, Georgia, and Garamond are all great fonts. Arial is great if you need to take up a lot of room on a page. It's a very large font. Conversely, Garamond is a very small font if you need to fit more on your page. The smallest size should be Personally, I think dates can be smaller. 1
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The most professional resume I've ever seen was just Arial Narrow and highly selective use of blue for headings. 20 level 2 · 4 yr. ago PDF would be easier than Word to view and everything though?? wtf 6 Continue this thread level 2 · 4 yr. ago Acceptable resume fonts include Calibri, Cambria, Garamond, Helvetica, Georgia, Tahoma, Verdana, Trebuchet MS, and Book Antiqua. Bad resume fonts include Times New Roman, Courier, Comic Sans, Papyrus, Impact, Futura, Lucida Console, and Arial. The ideal resume font size is between 10 and 12 pt Times New Roman, Arial, Calibri, Helvetica, Cambria, Georgia, and Garamond are all great fonts. Arial is great if you need to take up a lot of room on a page. It's a very large font. Conversely, Garamond is a very small font if you need to fit more on your page. The smallest size should be Personally, I think dates can be smaller. 1
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