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Which font for coursework?

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Last year I used Arial in all my coursework and typed work. This year I've used Time New Roman once or twice and it's looked OK.

I was just wondering - what do you think is the clearest and most academic font to use with Word?

Reply 1

Ywiss

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The default one for TSR is good - is it Verdana or something? Can't tell. Arial and Times New Roman are both academic-looking fonts in my opinion, TNR probably more so.

But as you can tell, I love Trebuchet MS. Use it for everything :biggrin:

Reply 2

Reading Room

OP

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And what about line-spacing... one-and-a-half-lines, double spaced, or none?!

Reply 3

Ywiss

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Not double spaced - ick. Not none, that will make the moderator's eyes turn to dust. 1.5 is fine, though I prefer the more ladylike 1.3.

Reply 4

Simon-J

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Can't beat Arial, 1.5 line spacing :p:

Reply 5

Annie Hall

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TNR, it's what I always use.

Reply 6

Horatio Caine

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I usually use Arial, anyone who has used the new Microsoft Office 2007 will know about the font, 'Calibri' or something like that. I really like that font and if I ever get Office 2007 I'll be using that for my coursework, but ATM I use Arial, size 11 though not 12.

Reply 7

t-a-r-online

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I think 'Garamond' is the necessary font for all coursework; it's a serif font, and looks quite professional!

Reply 8

Horatio Caine

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Has anyone ever been given back their work because the teacher didn't agree with the font that had been used? A friend of mine wrote an essay, and because he had used a font which isn't the 'norm' of what is used, it never got marked and was given back to him, although it was easy to read!

Reply 9

Tabris

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I usually use Arial, anyone who has used the new Microsoft Office 2007 will know about the font, 'Calibri' or something like that. I really like that font and if I ever get Office 2007 I'll be using that for my coursework, but ATM I use Arial, size 11 though not 12.

I'm using Calibri for my coursework at the moment. It's the nicest font I could find :smile:

Reply 10

Horatio Caine

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Could you upload the Calibri font into a .zip file and PM it to me? I'm sure it's legal, but I can't seem to download it other than having to download and install the Office 2007 Beta, which I don't want to do.

Reply 11

Andrew_2006

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The standard academic university font (well at Oxford) anyway is

Double Space, Justified, 12 point Times New Roman

End of.

Reply 12

Horatio Caine

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Andrew_2006

The standard academic university font (well at Oxford) anyway is

Double Space, Justified, 12 point Times New Roman

End of.

So if you gave in a piece of work in another font would it just be given back to you not marked?

(I have got the Calibri font now, downloaded it before.)

Reply 13

vixky!

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I didn't really give much thought to it to be honest, I had my essays in size 10 Tahoma (single spaced) but I've just changed it to the Oxford/uni one that Andrew posted (except with 1.3 linespace) and it looks much better!

Reply 14

~Jinxes~

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Haha well I personally like Times New Roman, size 12, single spaced. Although, a good tip for making your work look longer is make it size 12 but spaced "exactly" at 16 pt. The gaps don't look noticably bigger but the work covers another 1/4 of page.

My English teacher is as blind as a bat though and insists on size 14, 1.5 spaced!! Which is actually quite good if you haven't written as much as you should have done :smile:

Reply 15

Horatio Caine

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--monty---

Haha well I personally like Times New Roman, size 12, single spaced. Although, a good tip for making your work look longer is make it size 12 but spaced "exactly" at 16 pt. The gaps don't look noticably bigger but the work covers another 1/4 of page.

My English teacher is as blind as a bat though and insists on size 14, 1.5 spaced!! Which is actually quite good if you haven't written as much as you should have done :smile:

That's big writing, how old is he/she?

Reply 16

michaelbenson

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I have developed my own little "house style" for my coursework and assignment pieces; using Trebuchet MS, Size 11 for headings, and titles. And using Lucida Sans, Size 10 for the actual main text of the pieces. Seems to work quite well, although can be a little small, and testing on the eyes :smile:

Reply 17

Azzle

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I used TNR last year, as I feel it's a standard font. For my French coursework we had to 1.5 space it, as it needs to be really clear for the examiners, especially when you're talking about things like nuclear energy!

For my English c/w I used TNR, justified, 1.3 spaced with headings in 14, bold and underlined.

Reply 18

magicbuspass

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I use double spacing if i am writing storys, i sometimes look back through and alter it with my pen. Anyway i have a particular liking for Book Antiqua but i don't think that it is 'academic'.

Which font for coursework?

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