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In reply to the discussion: What's your favorite font/typeface? [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)10. Times New Roman and Trebuchet and Tahoma
I end up using those three a lot in documents, spreadsheets, icon text and such in the control panel appearance settings.
This is Times New Roman; it's used in the industry I work in, so I'm used to it. It's very easy to read but slightly smaller than some other fonts, it seems to me:
I like Trebuchet because it's darker than a lot of other fonts, and the fonts for MS seem light to me:
This is Tahoma; it's a default font in MS W7 control panel appearance settings for some things:
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If you're space cramped, try Arial Narrow. I think it has more character than Arial.
Bucky
Feb 2013
#21
I never noticed. NOW you'll make me obsessive compulsive about those signs! I'll have to change them
Honeycombe8
Feb 2013
#34
The uproar about Comic Sans is ridiculous. Is there no place for a lighthearted font?
Arugula Latte
Feb 2013
#22