What font do you use in your CV?

[Wossi]

I want to kill every person that uses comic sans, someone in my office uses it for work purposes regardless of how many times I tell them it's a kiddy font that primary school teachers would use

 

[Mr Jack]

I always thought that serif fonts were easier to read in print, whereas sans-serif such as Verdana should only really be used on-screen (hence why it's popular in web design).

It's slightly more complicated than that. Prose is easier to read in serif fonts, but individual words, or an isolated phrase, is easier to read in sans-serif. Which is why you normally see sans-serif used for headings.

Also, the difference is relatively minor, especially for things like CVs - where you typically have isolated paragraphs of text at most - and sans-serif fonts do give a cleaner look.

But, really, I don't think font choice is going to be a major factor. General layout issues probably have a bigger effect on the initial impression a CV makes.

 

[MikeHunt79]

Comic Sans

You'd probably be better off using Impact

 

[J.B]

I think we all know there is only one font that will make your CV stand out from the crowd

 

[Tunney]

Helvetica Neue.

 

[Nitefly]

Calibri.

 

[denby]

Bookshelf Symbol 7

 

[StonedPenguin]

Comic Sans MS





Trololololol

 

[WillyNelson]

Tahoma - as I found it slightly easier to read than Ariel.

If I received a cv written in Comic Sans I wouldn't even read it. If you think that is appropriate business presentation then I don't want to work with you!

 

[Flubble]

Comic Sans MS in Plum and Bold Italics

 

[Bennie-Mac]

Comic Sans
Comic Sans
Comic Sans
Comic Sans
Comic Sans!

I use Arial. Times New Roman shows you dont have the leet computer skills to change from the default font, gives myself an edge before they even read it.

 

[matthab]

Wingdings,

If they want you theyll know how to uncode it

 

[anything I don't mind]

I use to use three fonts until an interviewer laughed and asked how many fonts i use, i now use one font, times new roman. i just don't care.

 

[Hatter The Mad]

Cambria for headings, Calibri for body

 

[reflux]

Proxima Nova, and in a PDF so everyone sees it the same

 

[Hatter The Mad]

I use Arial. Times New Roman shows you dont have the leet computer skills to change from the default font, gives myself an edge before they even read it.

If changing the font from Times to Arial gives you an edge over other candidates... what on earth are you applying for?

 

[GravyMonster]

Helvetica Neue.

This for the PDF version, Calibri for word doc.

 

[Burnsy2023]

Helvetica is a god among fonts.

 

[yer_averagejoe]

I use Calibri for most things, including my CV.

 

[danza]

I use this (Georgia).