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What font/font size do you use?



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Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:16 pm
Tabithalillian says...



I use the smallest font possible, just because then if I post it online then it doesnt look like im trying to make it longer and when some ones posts the comment 'I cant reat it, its too small' I put in size 12 and the entire story grows about three pages making me feel happy. Just a thought. . .
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Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:00 am
ankhirke says...



courier, 12 - that usually gets it in the ball park of 250 words per page. And Agents don't mind it: that or times I think is standard. Though verdana has been beginning to grow on me.

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Sat Sep 20, 2008 11:29 pm
happy-go-lucky says...



Georgia, double spaced, size 11.

I love the way it looks on a page!
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Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:37 am
lxtmidnight says...



When I type up a story for myself, I use Times New Roman, size 10. After I finish typing the entire thing I double-space it, and then if the number of pages is not something I'm happy with I change the font size to 12 to make myself feel better XD
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Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:19 am
Carlito says...



I can never stick with one font. In one story I'm using High Tower Text, size 11 and on another I'm using Bell MT size 11. I always use TNR size 12 for school b/c its required but for my fiction writing I find it boring. I like fonts that I feel look good with the story being told and really big fonts annoy me.
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Clo says...



I don't like small font. I hate like 10 sized font, but that's what I used when I was 13 and writing. How awful! I went back and changed all my documents to 12. :?
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Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:34 am
Ian_smith says...



I had gone through your site. Its interesting. Reducing the font sizes of the words may reduce the number of pages to be used, but it may give a drastic appearance. In order to make a glamourous look please make a bigger font size with a bold look, so it may attract other's attention.
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Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:09 pm
Cobra says...



I use Times New Roman size 12.
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Fri Sep 26, 2008 8:50 pm
TheWordsmith says...



For submitting to publishers/agents, they generally want an easy-to-read type like Arial or Times New Roman in size 12-14, double-spaced.
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Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:44 am
SaraAnne says...



I went through a phase of bookman old style but now i am a conformist who uses TNR. I distinguish bits i am working on by using calibri.

i never double space anything until the last moment. It makes the finished result orgasmic.
It's like 100 pages - haha! Now it's 200 pages!
  








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