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perrybond
 09 Sep 2010, 16:08 #98496 Reply To Post
I'm sure it's been asked a thousand times, but what font would you recommend for a full ms hard-copy submission?

I'm sure of:

A4 White
Double spaced
single-sided
12 point

but what font?
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KLM7640
 09 Sep 2010, 16:12 #98498 Reply To Post
Quote: perrybond, Thursday, 9 Sep 2010 16:08
I'm sure it's been asked a thousand times, but what font would you recommend for a full ms hard-copy submission?

I'm sure of:

A4 White
Double spaced
single-sided
12 point

but what font?

Times New Roman - always.
Good luck
mkrobinson12
 09 Sep 2010, 16:16 #98499 Reply To Post
Quote: KLM7640, Thursday, 9 Sep 2010 16:12
Quote: perrybond, Thursday, 9 Sep 2010 16:08
I'm sure it's been asked a thousand times, but what font would you recommend for a full ms hard-copy submission?

I'm sure of:

A4 White
Double spaced
single-sided
12 point

but what font?

Times New Roman - always.
Good luck


Ditto, almost always what they're looking for, everything else gets binned or so I've heard.
perrybond
 09 Sep 2010, 16:24 #98501 Reply To Post
I've always thought you can't go wrong with Times New Roman
but here they suggest Bookman old style or Georgia and I have to agree with her logic, that the letters are better spaced for reading/editing
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Turnip
 09 Sep 2010, 16:43 #98503 Reply To Post
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MLT
 09 Sep 2010, 19:16 #98522 Reply To Post
Times New Roman seems to be the one usually specified, but Palatino or Bookman might be acceptable. All three are serif fonts, which I find easier to read. Times New Roman is slightly smaller than the corresponding font size in the other two.
Turnip
 09 Sep 2010, 20:24 #98525 Reply To Post
Quote: MLT, Thursday, 9 Sep 2010 19:16
Times New Roman seems to be the one usually specified, but Palatino or Bookman might be acceptable. All three are serif fonts, which I find easier to read. Times New Roman is slightly smaller than the corresponding font size in the other two.


That's another reason to use TNR, you get more words on the page and this could mean more words in your sample text, which is probably a good thing, isn't it?
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perrybond
 09 Sep 2010, 21:44 #98530 Reply To Post
No this is not a sample, this is the full text, the whole deal.

They have seen the first chapters and want the rest.

A tighter text is less pages, but a bigger font is easier to read, I'm leaning towards Bookman old style, but everybody loves TNR

Sammy, where are you when I need you?

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Joe 90
 09 Sep 2010, 22:19 #98533 Reply To Post
Quote: KLM7640, Thursday, 9 Sep 2010 16:12
Quote: perrybond, Thursday, 9 Sep 2010 16:08
I'm sure it's been asked a thousand times, but what font would you recommend for a full ms hard-copy submission?

I'm sure of:

A4 White
Double spaced
single-sided
12 point

but what font?

Times New Roman - always.
Good luck


Ah! That explains my singular lack of success. I've always used Wingdings.

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Prometheus X
 09 Sep 2010, 23:07 #98535 Reply To Post
I like Century Schoolbook, probably 'cos my eyes aren't as good as they were. I write all my stuff in Calibri (for myself), but change it to Century Schoolbook if I want to submit it.

But I think Times New Roman is probably the safe bet. Personally I don't like it.
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