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    Best CV font and size ??

    which is the best font and size for CV??

    Last time this subject was discussed here was in 2007. High time to revisit this to see latest trend !

    I currently uses Font Verdana (size 10)

    though there are more interesting fonts like

    Tahoma
    Cambria (Headings)
    Calibri

    Not sure how common they are..?. Having a boring font is better than pimps seeing junk characters in his/her Imac or Iphone or Antroid.

    Suggestions?
    Last edited by Darren_Test; 14 May 2013, 13:32.

    #2
    Just saw this online..

    The only fonts that should be used are universal fonts - the ones that open the same on PCs and Macs of all ages. These are:
    Times Roman
    Arial
    Century
    MS Sans Serif
    Book Antiqua
    Century Gothic
    Calibri

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      #3
      Comic Sans FTW!
      Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
      I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

      I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

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        #4
        Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
        Comic Sans FTW!
        I f***ing hate Comic Sans. Why on God's earth do people think it is acceptable to use this in business/public environments. My partners school use nothing but this in everything. I mean, really, the clue is in the name of the font. If it was called 'Incompetant Bunch Of Parrot Nossed Tossers That Run A Business By Using A Font That Was Designed For Kids Sans' would they still use it? cause that is what is says about them!
        'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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          #5
          I was thinking about this, size 10 does seem a little small and I may experiment with 12 but if you're using the white space wisely it shouldn't be an issue.

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            #6
            Wingdings FTW
            latest-and-greatest solution (TM) kevpuk 2013

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              #7
              I've had quite a bit of success with Calibri 11pt. It's clean, effective and readable without any elements of pretentiousness that would come with, say, Times New Roman.

              Though that'll probably be dropped down to 10pt soon because I need the additional space. Trying to keep my CV at 2 pages is a toss-off between cutting contracts out of my experience section or futzing with the margins/font size overall.

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                #8
                Originally posted by NDawg View Post
                I've had quite a bit of success with Calibri 11pt. It's clean, effective and readable without any elements of pretentiousness that would come with, say, Times New Roman.

                Though that'll probably be dropped down to 10pt soon because I need the additional space. Trying to keep my CV at 2 pages is a toss-off between cutting contracts out of my experience section or futzing with the margins/font size overall.
                Calibri size 11 is the general consensus in Linkedin today. Need to try this in my 4+ page CV.!

                https://www.linkedin.com/groups/What...550.S.47066514

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Darren_Test View Post
                  Calibri size 11 is the general consensus in Linkedin today. Need to try this in my 4+ page CV.!

                  https://www.linkedin.com/groups/What...550.S.47066514
                  I've used Calibri and Cambria is the past, and on showing it to very senior and experienced recruiters (one of whom frequents this board) they all said "dump the fancy font and stick to Arial".

                  But you go right ahead if you want to be modern and 'with it'.
                  "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
                  - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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                    #10
                    I currently use Arial 11pt.

                    10pt is too small if printed out as lots of people will print out your CV double paged.
                    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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