Largest acceptable font for a paper? Forum

[bceagles182]

Opinions?

[bceagles182]

Also don't give me Lucida Sans -- looks like shit.

[Pokemon]

If your professor was vague about it, why do you not teach him a lesson by using the largest font?
If you want a serious answer, then 12 is the largest acceptable font.

[bceagles182]

If your professor was vague about it, why do you not teach him a lesson by using the largest font?
If you want a serious answer, then 12 is the largest acceptable font.

I'm in size 12, but what font?

[Tom Joad]

Times New Roman size 10.

[bceagles182]

Times New Roman size 10.

[de5igual]

Century Schoolbook size 12—largest you can go without looking ridiculous

[dr123]

Arial is pretty big and also normal looking.

[bceagles182]

Century Schoolbook size 12—largest you can go without looking ridiculous

Holy shit, you are my hero. That just converted my 26 page paper into 29 pages. One.... more.... page.

[kalvano]

Palantino Linotype might get you the extra page and won't look weird.

[Myself]

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[reasonable_man]

Look at the font you're currently using. If you have to ask "is the font too big" its too big. I had a buddy call once - right after I was admitted to practice - to ask what the age of consent was in a certain state... I offered: "if you have to even question it - she is too young." Now clearly your intent here is far less morally questionable (but generally) if you have to ask on stuff like this - you're going in the wrong direction.

That said - Century Schoolbook is a bigger than Times and looks pretty good on the page. Garmond aint too shabby either.

[Total Litigator]

My understanding is that if you are worried about how to make a legal paper long enough instead of worrying about how to cut it down, you're doing it wrong...

[reasonable_man]

My understanding is that if you are worried about how to make a legal paper long enough instead of worrying about how to cut it down, you're doing it wrong...

True.

[Headybrah]

font - advanced - character spacing --> expanded by 0.5

Almost undetectable but can add a lot

[rad lulz]

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[062914123]

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[reasonable_man]

Look at the font you're currently using. If you have to ask "is the font too big" its too big. I had a buddy call once - right after I was admitted to practice - to ask what the age of consent was in a certain state... I offered: "if you have to even question it - she is too young." Now clearly your intent here is far less morally questionable (but generally) if you have to ask on stuff like this - you're going in the wrong direction.

That said - Century Schoolbook is a bigger than Times and looks pretty good on the page. Garmond aint too shabby either.

Dood you should have charged him a couple hundy to compose a memorandum.

I'll write this one off as a "free consultation" - next time RM gots to get paiddd.

[mephistopheles]

cambria?

[bdm261]

12

[Tom Joad]

Times New Roman, Size 12


Then do a "find all/change all" search for periods, maybe even commas and other punctuation and increase them to size 14. Will add another page or so depending on overall page length of your paper.

You can not tell the difference unless the paper is submitted electronically or carefully compared with other papers. I had a "friend" do this during undergrad.

Cheater.

[rockthered86]

Can I go wrong with Courier New size 12? Also, footnotes same sized font or smaller?

[jkay]

Courier? Hell no.

Thou shall not use a monospaced font.

The first commandment of legal typography. Any Court of Appeals that may do so is TTT. I realize this thread is not about typography, but everyone should read this: http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/rules/type.pdf

[Lacepiece23]

Change the size of your periods and commas from 12 to 14. Works like a charm.

[portaprokoss]

Good News.

In the Red Book of Legal Style, Bryan Garner Recommends 13pt. Times New Roman Font. I think he recommends using 1.1 margin on top and sides and 1.2 margin on the bottom, so check that.

If you use a larger font or wider margins, always give your professor a hard copy printed single-sided. It looks bigger that way.