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Favourite font?

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I was just thinking about this. What fonts do you guys prefer and why?

Personally, when it comes to reading or writing lengthy things like articles or essays, I am a traditionalist and prefer Times New Roman. But for other things, Arial or Calibri will do.
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Calibri <3
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Courier New and Times New Roman
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Anything that isn't Comic Sans MS. That font should die.

I have taken to using Cambria in documents since Office 2007 came out, it's quite nice. Otherwise, something along the lines of Times New Roman works, or I guess Computer Modern if I'm writing my document in LaTeX.
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Oooh! Don't get me started on fonts and style!
After trying quite a few last term, I've finally worked out a style for my essays :D
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It uses DejaVu Condensed for the headings, and Helvetica for the actual prose. I've come to detest Calibri due to its overuse - Segoe UI is much nicer, even though Calibri is based upon it. I also quite like Gill Sans MT, particularly when used in SmallCaps.
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Calibri is perhaps a bit overused these days, that's why I quite like Cambria - it's a slightly more elegant Times New Roman. :)

The one thing I would personally suggest though, Jamie, is that you justify your text, rather than having it left-aligned. Personally, unjustified essays and the like look really ugly and unprofessional to me. :(
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Palatino is my favorite web-save font :)
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Times New Roman for "traditional" fonts, Bible Script and Dom Casual for "funny" and English111 Adagio, Presto or Vivace for script fonts.
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orudge wrote:Anything that isn't Comic Sans MS. That font should die.
You're quite wrong there, it should exist solely for Super Mega to use.
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Arial in general and common usage, but I like to have BritishRailDark where possible.

Also use VTCBadVision for my video titles (irony name :D).
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My preference is towards Times new Roman or Calibri, however I quite like Palatino Linotype as well :)
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I typically type in Cambira. I prefer a serif font.
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lobster wrote:You're quite wrong there, it should exist solely for Super Mega to use.
Perhaps it can be licenced for the very few approved uses that exist. ;)
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orudge wrote:Perhaps it can be licenced for the very few approved uses that exist. ;)
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I prefer Tahoma or Arial, don't tell me I'm the only one who does? :?
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Bennythen00b wrote:I prefer Tahoma or Arial, don't tell me I'm the only one who does? :?
No you'r not I like Arial, but I must say for less formal uses I'm keen to use Calibri.

I find since Time New Roman is the default font in word if I do something in it it just doesn't look like I've made the right effort.
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Bennythen00b wrote:I prefer Tahoma or Arial, don't tell me I'm the only one who does? :?
Depends what we're talking about. I wouldn't want to write a paper in Tahoma. But I wouldn't want a user interface in Times New Roman, either!
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Of course, of course. I thought we were talking about computer use only.

For.. well, papers, I'd indeed prefer Times New Roman or something amongst those lines.
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Network West Midlands signage was in a font similar to Comic Sans for a while:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29192913@N08/2791287006/

Made me want to kill myself really. Fortunately LM have come in and sorted that out at most stations.
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Oh and if I submitted an essay like Jamie Lei's I'd be penalised four percent of my mark for not 1.5/double line spacing.
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