What's your favourite font?

[gman]

Sorry for the boring question, not really expecting any replies but thought I'd ask anyway. Does anyone have a favourite font or fonts for when writing letters?

I tend to use Calibri and sometimes the light version, but I'm getting a little bored of it and looking for any suggestions.

EDIT: Quite liking Public Sans Thin Regular (thin doesn't print so well).

 

[Nod]

WingDings! Hard to read so recipients can't see all the typos!!!

 

[gman]

So apparently Public Sans was created and approved by the US Government in 2019. That'll explain why I kept leaning in a certain direction whilst typing...

 

[Tringa]

I like Trebuchet MS.

Dave

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

The one at the local church is bijou but adequate...

 

[Marc]

I write in good old Times New Roman, but I also like Palatino, which is similar, but gives me a better idea of what it will look like on a Kindle as TNR isn't an option on there.

 

[gman]

I like Trebuchet MS.

Dave

That looks very similar to Public Sans, perhaps slightly more compressed, which could be handy if wanting to keep a letter on one page without reducing the font size. Cheers

 

[gman]

I write in good old Times New Roman, but I also like Palatino, which is similar, but gives me a better idea of what it will look like on a Kindle as TNR isn't an option on there.

I like that Palatino, it strikes me as leaning more towards a literacy font if that makes sense, as in for books etc?

 

[Marc]

I like that Palatino, it strikes me as leaning more towards a literacy font if that makes sense, as in for books etc?

Did you mean literary?

 

[gman]

Did you mean literary?

haha yes sorry! Typing faster than my brain operates lol

 

[Marc]

haha yes sorry! Typing faster than my brain operates lol

I do the same. "ll write an entire chapter, then run it through Grammarly to check for maybe a couple of typos, and it finds...

 

[ancient_mariner]

Helvetica used to be a favourite, although corporate requirements for first Calibri and then Ebrima have meant I've not used it for a while.

 

[gman]

I do the same. "ll write an entire chapter, then run it through Grammarly to check for maybe a couple of typos, and it finds...

I'm finding this more often than I'd like, where I think I've wrote the correct word only to go over it and wonder why on earth I didn't spot it whilst writing. It tends to be more with adaptations of words rather than a completely different word, such as I'd write "did" when I meant to say "didn't". Maybe I'm losing it in my middle age! lol

 

[TimHughes]

For letters, I've been using Proxima for a few years.

 

[Marc]

For letters, I've been using Proxima for a few years.

Which brings a secondary question, serif or sans-serif?

 

[ancient_mariner]

I bought a book called The Bonjour Effect a couple of years ago. The font was too small and indistinct to read comfortably, but the pages had wide margins (and there were quite a lot). I've no idea what the font was, but it made for a much less enjoyable experience than anticipated.

 

[TimHughes]

Which brings a secondary question, serif or sans-serif?

Body text sans-serif

 

[mj4456]

A favourite font for writing letters ? My pen only has one font, many would say it’s a scrawl, If I’m writing a letter it’s a pen and paper, to either friends or business, anything else via the computer is an email.