• Zayda said on Jan 26, 2008....

  For items that are going to be printed, my font of choice is Times New Roman because it is a font with serifs, which serve the purpose of moving your eyes from letter to letter and word to word.
  
  
  For anything that is going to be read online, my font of choice is either Arial, Verdana, or Helvetica because those are sans serif fonts, which are easier to read on screen. (Technical communication research has actually studied font usage as part of print document design and online "document" design.)

• GracefullyGrowing said on Jan 26, 2008....

  For email, I like Comic Sans MS  (Purple, of course).
   
  For official document stuff - Times New Roman.
   
  For creative stuff - the pixel is the limit!!
   
  ~Grace~

• the_infernal_optimist said on Jan 27, 2008....

  I use white 10 pt. Verdana on a navy background for AIM, 12 pt. Times New Roman for most printed things (I guess that's an English nerd standard :-D), and whatever cool fonts I have for photo signatures for people on other message boards. Sometimes I'll use blue font for email, depending on the recipient, but one of my frequent email conversations is with someone who already uses blue, so I leave it black.
  
  In general, I prefer sans serif fonts, because they look clean and smooth (I prefer roundness to jagged edges/angularity in almost everything) and my colors don't bleed as much (Infernal quirk at work there), but I'm fairly traditional, too. And I can't stand Courier New unless it's on a huge manuscript I've been handed to read, in which case I know it's not nearly as long as it looks. :-D
  
  ~Infernal

• rupert7 said on Jan 27, 2008....

  I stick pretty much with times new roman, otherwise Ariel or Ariel narrow

• silverwhisper said on Jan 27, 2008....

  like super z and infernal, i favor times new roman for actual hardcopy and sans serif fonts for online content (traditionally either arial or comic sans serif). i almost invariably use black, not b/c it's the default option but b/c i simply like the look.
  
  for hardcopy that's gonna be for anything serious (e.g., work/professional), i use 12 pt fonts, b/c that's easier to read but if it's just for me, i use 10 pt b/c i wanna keep the pagecount as low as possible (i also use 0.25" margins and single space my paragraphs).
  
  online, i usually go w/ 10 pt (in e-mail) or whatever the default is b/c w/ the amount i type for online viewing, it's too much darned effort to do differently. :>
  
  having said that, i'm a bit of a fan of the papyrus and groupsex fonts. :D
  
  ed

• quietone said on Jan 27, 2008....

  For most standard, I use times new roman, or ariel/narrow, for fun I like lucinda sans or freestyle script.

• evil_twin said on Jan 27, 2008....

  I like Verdana and Arial the best. But I do have an extensive collection of fonts on my computer and if I'm making something creative, I usually choose something different. I like grungy looking script fonts and handwriting fonts. I have a ton of them. I even have a font that I made of my own handwriting. So if I want to make a personal letter without actually picking up a pen, I can use that! Complete with my signature too.
  
  -evil_twin LA
  

• destinydiva said on Jan 27, 2008....

  My favourite font is papyrus I wish soulcast had a font and colour option so we could ‘expres ourselves’ more :-) hey I agree that you could probley tell a lot about a person from fonts they use...hmmm dont know what mine says about me though  :-) xx
  
  ps how did you get the big writing in your post?
  
  

• Lucytorial said on Jan 27, 2008....

  I prefer a serif font and a sans.. font size is usually 9 or 11 mainly because I think 12 is just too big and 10 is just a little odd sized for a serif.

• Twylarants said on Jan 27, 2008....

  Des~ Somehow I downloaded a font called "Dear Joe" into Word, and wrote the post there, then copied and pasted here.  I was surprised to see it transferred here.  I wish I could remember where I found that font and how to get more fonts into Word.
  Maybe Kyle can tell us?
  

• evil_twin said on Jan 27, 2008....

  If you're looking for more fonts, try going here: Dafont.com
  
  They have a ton of free stuff to download. And right on the front page you can find the directions on how to install the fonts to your computer, and they'll show up in Word and any other program you have that uses fonts.
  
  But a lot of fonts you use in Word, like Dear Joe, won't show up for anyone but you if you publish them to the web. And that's because a computer can only display the fonts that are already installed on it. And not everyone has Dear Joe. So for us, it looks like big regular type, and not handwritten like it's supposed to be.
  
  If you have a font question, let me know. I'm frighteningly dorky about fonts. I know everything. It used to be a hobby of mine to collect them.
  
  -evil_twin LA
  

• the_infernal_optimist said on Jan 27, 2008....

  I love Dafont.com! :-D Check out Black Jack and Ma Sexy, two of my favorites, if you do go there and you like handwritten (script in these two cases) fonts.
  
  ~Infernal
  

• Twylarants said on Jan 27, 2008....

  It's amazing how things make sense once someone explains them to me.
  Like the purpose of serifs being to move your eyes to the next letter and word...of course, now that Zayda explained it...that's why authors use a font with serifs...they want us to keep reading.  I get it now...duh!
  I didn't know that computers only show the fonts that are installed on them...another duh moment, courtesy of one my favorite newlyweds, Kyle.  I downloaded a bunch of fonts from Dafont.com a couple of weeks ago but still can't figure out how to get them in to Word, even with the directions.
  So what do you see on your computer, Des? Do you see Lady Rowena written in  script? 
  LucyTutu~ Your eyes are much better than mine!  I type everything in 14 point so I can see it, sometimes 16.
  Ed~I go one step further...I won't use any color ink when I write but black.  I hate blue pens, I see no reason for them.  They should be banned.  Hate blue ink, hate, hate, hate it. Hate it.
  Quiet & IO~ If I ever figure out how to install the fonts I download, I'm gonna look up the script ones you recommended. I make a lot of display signs in work because my store manager is too cheap to print them on the store computer and he thinks handmade signs are tacky.  It doesn't seem to bother him that I use my ink and my paper though...idiot that he is.
  
  
  

• crybabylu said on Jan 27, 2008....

  I love comic sans.

• PassionTraveler said on Jan 27, 2008....

  Working as a newspaperwoman for many years, I've seen my share of Times New Roman. I am a sans serif font girl to be sure, but I do very much prefer Arial. What does that say about me? No clue. PT

• queenparanoia said on Jan 28, 2008....

  i like monotype corsiva because it looks elegant... that it means i'm elegant too??? lol... =)

• travelr712 said on Jan 28, 2008....

  i'm boring with fonts too. i usually just use whatever the default happens to be at the time. i guess i'm more concerned with the words i write than the font they're in. but when i have to chose one, it's usually times new roman or arial.

• crybabylu said on Jan 28, 2008....

  I have a question to throw out here.  When I am using my word processor, no matter what font I use or what print style, and I transfer it over to here, it always converts to the type here.  How can I transfer it here in the same style I wrote it in?

• candylane said on Jan 28, 2008....

  practically everything I do is in times roman

• pepperman said on Jan 31, 2008....

  I quite like small yet clear text. Arial does the trick. :)

• PassionTraveler said on Feb 03, 2008....

  crybabylu, it requires a nominal knowledge of HTML code to do so. I'm no expert, but could dig around and find such a command for you. But I'm sure someone else here is much better and would have a quicker answer for you. If not, I'll research it and let you know. PT

• pepperman said on Feb 04, 2008....

  @Crybabylu:

  You can't.

  However, you can type offline in an HTML editor such as Front Page or NVU.

  You could then view the source code you generated and paste that over here... so long as you remember to take out the header tags etc.

• kruuyai said on Feb 09, 2008....

  Twyla:  You would have loved a magazine I subscribed to when I was a graphic artist.  It was called Upper & Lower Case.  I think it was free, and it had all kinds of articles about type and samples and some marvelously creative things done with type.  It came out about once a month.  They were always the first to introduce a new typeface.  I still remember when they introduce Bodoni Bold.  It's still around.  We used to use Souvenir a lot.  I can't say that it's my favorite.  I like a lot of different styles for different uses, but I think it's important to stick within a type family for each piece.  I wonder if you can still find U&lc....

• kruuyai said on Feb 09, 2008....

  Hey!  I just found a link to it.  Enjoy!

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