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Potentially dumbest ? ever

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:00 pm
by oregon000
Should the personal statement and resume be the same font? Aesthetically speaking since they will be part of the same pdf? I haven't slept for weeks due to this issue

Re: Potentially dumbest ? ever

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:02 pm
by Dany
No. You'll want Comic Sans for the PS to show a bit of personality, but the resume should be professional and conservative - probably Times New Roman or maybe even Garamond.

Re: Potentially dumbest ? ever

Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:06 pm
by ResolutePear
Dany wrote:No. You'll want Comic Sans for the PS to show a bit of personality, but the resume should be professional and conservative - probably Times New Roman or maybe even Garamond.
Don't you dare ever suggest TNR, again.

Comic Sans is fine for both.

Re: Potentially dumbest ? ever

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:00 pm
by oregon000
any answers not making comic sans (rotfl, lmfao) jokes?

Re: Potentially dumbest ? ever

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:07 pm
by Kabuo
oregon000 wrote:any answers not making comic sans (rotfl, lmfao) jokes?
I actually thought you wanted a joke answer. You really haven't slept for weeks?

Re: Potentially dumbest ? ever

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:11 pm
by oregon000
Kabuo wrote:
oregon000 wrote:any answers not making comic sans (rotfl, lmfao) jokes?
I actually thought you wanted a joke answer. You really haven't slept for weeks?
ha no it has not kept me up at night, but it is a serious question. I figured some others on TLS would have similar aesthetic concerns.

Re: Potentially dumbest ? ever

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:22 pm
by roserdozer

Re: Potentially dumbest ? ever

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 3:01 pm
by oregon000
roserdozer wrote:For your enjoyment.

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-c ... ns-asshole
Ha that is really funny. But I have already ruled out comic sans and chiller. Any input toward my original question?

Re: Potentially dumbest ? ever

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 3:07 pm
by NYC Law
It doesn't matter. But personally I'd just play it safe and use Times New Roman for everything.

HTH

Re: Potentially dumbest ? ever

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 3:30 pm
by TaipeiMort
Dany wrote:No. You'll want Comic Sans for the PS to show a bit of personality, but the resume should be professional and conservative - probably Times New Roman or maybe even Garamond.
Ask Baird about Times New Roman.

Re: Potentially dumbest ? ever

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 5:03 pm
by Bildungsroman
My resume was in TNR and my personal statement was in Calibri and I don't think it made a damn bit of difference. Don't fret over stuff like this; just use whatever you would use to write a paper or whatever.

Re: Potentially dumbest ? ever

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:26 pm
by tehrocstar
roserdozer wrote:For your enjoyment.

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-c ... ns-asshole
This was great, haha

Re: Potentially dumbest ? ever

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:32 pm
by FantasticMrFox
I like cambria...

Re: Potentially dumbest ? ever

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:36 pm
by Rock Chalk
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Re: Potentially dumbest ? ever

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:38 pm
by shoeshine
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Re: Potentially dumbest ? ever

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:51 pm
by Emma.
Use Garamond. Smaller and prettier than TNR. The italics are kind of weird though.

Re: Potentially dumbest ? ever

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:48 am
by Samara
Palatino Linotype is the credited answer. If you want something a little less formal (and not quite so small) I'm a fan of Candara. /fontnerd

Re: Potentially dumbest ? ever

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:36 am
by tehrocstar
Samara wrote:Palatino Linotype is the credited answer. If you want something a little less formal (and not quite so small) I'm a fan of Candara. /fontnerd
+1 for Palatino

Also check out Georgia

Re: Potentially dumbest ? ever

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 10:45 am
by Samara
tehrocstar wrote:
Samara wrote:Palatino Linotype is the credited answer. If you want something a little less formal (and not quite so small) I'm a fan of Candara. /fontnerd
+1 for Palatino

Also check out Georgia
Georgia is good, but I don't like how it reads onscreen at smaller sizes.