Thursday, August 28, 2014

Netiquette IQ Blog of The Day - The Best Fonts For Email

 


The following is a short list on the best fonts for an email, these are almost always sans serif, i.e. without stems. Conversely, serif fonts are best for long text such as books or mutli-page documents.Good Netiquette and the wish to be noticed often depends on something as simple and overlooked as fonts!

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The best and worst fonts for email and resumes from Netiquette IQ

        Serif fonts are for readability while San Serif fonts are for legibility.

Best (San Serif)
Worst (Serif)
10 Point
Arial
Verdana
Trebuchet
Garamond

Times New Roman
Georgia
Century

12 Point
Arial
Helvetica
Trebuchet
Courier (Monospace)

Times New Roman
Century
Palatino
Georgia
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