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)
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Worst (Serif)
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10 Point
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Arial
Verdana
Trebuchet
Garamond
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Times New
Roman
Georgia
Century
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12 Point
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Arial
Helvetica
Trebuchet
Courier
(Monospace)
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Times
New Roman
Century
Palatino
Georgia
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www.amazon.com/author/paulbabicki
If you would like to listen to experts in all aspects of Netiquette and communication, try my radio show on BlogtalkRadio and an online newsletter via paper.li.I have established Netiquette discussion groups with Linkedin and Yahoo. I am also a member of the International Business Etiquette and Protocol Group and Minding Manners among others. I regularly consult for the Gerson Lehrman Group, a worldwide network of subject matter experts and I have been contributing to the blogs Everything Email and emailmonday . My work has appeared in numerous publications and I have presented to groups such as The Breakfast Club of NJ Rider University and PSG of Mercer County New Jersey.
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