Is font other than TNR acceptable? Forum

[sach1282]

I know most schools say that 11 point TNR is a minimum, and generally use that as a guideline, but is Calibri, the new default font for MS word acceptable?

[Helmholtz]

Don't use anything sans-serif.

[sach1282]

Don't use anything sans-serif.

I'm not sure what that means.

[kahechsof]

Just use Times New Roman like everyone else.

[Grizz]

Don't use anything sans-serif.

I'm not sure what that means.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=sans+serif

[sven]

Do the online applications even let you use different fonts? When I go to the "Personal Statement" page, they always say that they don't accept PDFs because they aren't able to merge them into the rest of the document. Does this "merging" mean that they just adjust the margins and fonts of your essay to fit the formatting of the rest of the application?

[rinkrat19]

Don't use Calibri, Arial, Helvetica or any other sans serif font.

Garamond is ok, and takes up a bit less space than TNR. Cambria is actually slightly bigger than TNR, but also ok.

This is all moot if a school requires TNR. In that case, don't be a moron: use TNR.

No, "merging" doesn't mean they adjust the margins. The margins and fonts look just like they look in your Word docs. It means they can't include a PDF into the PDF-esque file their system makes of your entire application package for each school. For whatever reason, it doesn't work. They need Word docs or similar.

[Kring345]

Don't use anything sans-serif.

I'm not sure what that means.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=sans+serif

That was fucking cool btw.