A while back I had a conversation with an experienced lawyer,
about font choices in appellate briefs, and this experienced lawyer tried to tell me that changing fonts was a bad idea.
The ones who are pedantic
about the font choice, the errors, the resolution and general quality of releases.
Students had input into all of the decisions
about font choice and colour as well as input into the videos and images.
He talks
about font choice among other important typographical considerations.
Not exact matches
In the press conference, Gianotti also took questions
about a less serious topic: the
choice of the «Comic Sans»
font for her 2012 Higgs presentation, which prompted much teasing as it seemed incongrous with the solemnity of the discovery.
Being mindful
about your
choice of
fonts and the pairings you make can elevate your designs in ways that you might not expect.
I'm glad they finally listened to customers and added a bold
font choice so it's hard to complain
about it too much but there's no reason for them to stop at just one.
One thing
about Onyx's ebook readers is they have a bunch weird
font choices, but it turns out it's really easy to add your own selection of
font types.
I mentioned in a previous article the importance of selecting the right
fonts for your audience; therefore Comic Sans would not be the right
font choice for a professional eBook
about investments, in the same way Bodoni wouldn't necessarily be the right
font choice for a children's book
about ponies and rainbows.
As mentioned in just
about every Kobo vs Kindle comparisons review that I've done, one of the biggest differences with Kobo's software is they offer more
font choices and
font sizes, with a custom boldness slider, and they offer more layout tools and you can sideload TTF and OTF
fonts.
The number one thing that annoys me the most
about reading on a Kindle is the lack of good
font choices.
Some people have left comments recently
about how they wished Kindles had more
font choices to choose from.
I've written often
about the lack of iPad
font choices, the terrible hyphenation and justification, the ragged word spacing and the apparent lack of any controls to create something that just looks decent.
Because of the way Kobo's software formats ebooks, there's
about 3/8» of dead space at the top for a bar to display the title of the book and 1/2» of wasted space at the bottom of the screen to display the page numbers, and depending on the particular book's formatting and
font choice it can be up to 2» at the bottom.
Even if judges used Multimarkdown to write judgments in plain text rather than Word, it would be a simple, consistent conversion process to HTML for CanLII and PDF, with professional typesetters (or even just CSS designers) worrying
about double - spacing online or single - spacing in PDF,
font choices, whitespace, etc..
As you think
about how to write your resume, sticking to a chronological format with standard headings and conservative
font choices will reassure employers with more formal corporate cultures that you are serious, well qualified, and ready to contribute.
In fact, the way your resume looks can say a lot
about you — your
choice of
fonts, use of formatting, decision to add colour (or not), and your overall presentation all lend themselves to projecting your personality, so it's vital that you pay as much attention to design and layout as you do to the content of your resume.
Font Choices for Most Resumes Your resume also needs to say something
about how professional you are and what your intentions are.
Chances are it has nothing to do with what career experts talk
about often: typos,
font choices, format, etc..
Font choice (and font enhancements) instantly communicate something about the job see
Font choice (and
font enhancements) instantly communicate something about the job see
font enhancements) instantly communicate something
about the job seeker.
Therefore, one should be careful
about making the right
font choice.
Look at some classic
choices for sans serif
fonts (the second category below) and what each might imply
about you to people reading your resume (see the right - hand column).
It's likely that if you underlined a lot and multiple
font sizes you will change your mind quickly
about your artistic
choice when you look at the document in hard copy.