What font do you use in your CV?

Participant · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:17

I'm currently using Times New Roman but have decided I need to modernise my CV a bit.

I quite like the new Office default of Calibri, but not sure if I should play it with a straighter bat for something as formal as a CV. This probably depends on the industry in question, but...what font have you used in your CV, and what are your overall thoughts on the importance of font selection in a CV?

[FnG]magnolia · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:21

Post your CV and let's debate it

AGD · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:23

Depends on industry - if it's something more creative then I think you can take a bigger typeface risk.

As long as you are picking a standard typeface, then I don't think serif or sans-serif is too big a deal.

jaf2212 · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:23

As long as it is a plan text i'm sure it wouldn't matter to much, I always go with Times New Roman myself

Skillmister · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:23

Calibri is lovely i use it for most things now

PieMaster · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:24

I use Calibri for the body and Cambria for the titles. I've reviewed dozens of CVs this year for new hires - generally speaking as long as its readable and isn't Comic Sans (or Papyrus...) then the content is more important.

antijoke · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:25

Kidnap.

RomanNose · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:34

I got picked on at college for times new roman and not callibri

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alx · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:35

Verdana. It's a slightly wide script font so is easier on the eye

Mr Jack · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:38

Use something formal and neat looking and no-one will care. I usually go with the old standard of sans serif for headers, and serif for body text (which, annoyingly, Word no longer defaults to), on the assumption the CV will be printed and read on the page.

Times New Roman is fine, as is Georgia, or Constantia or any of a decent spread. If you're sending your CV as a word doc make sure you pick a font that is present as standard with Windows.

redeye_uk · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:39

Comic Sans

Marky · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:39

At first I thought what's the point in worrying about the font on your CV. But then I thought, if I was an employer and got a CV through that was written using "Comic Sans", it would get immediately rejected

grimm · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:45

I tend to use some variant of Arial.

Cosimo · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:46

You are not entering a design completion so make it simple, Calibri or Times New Roman.

CliffyBiro · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:48

Rockwell All The Things!!

Throrik · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:49

redeye_uk said:
Comic Sans

I got a complaint to the department wrote in Comic Sans, I had to C+P it into word and change the font, it was just awful

ashrobbo · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:50

calibri

MacRS4 · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:51

I get to read a lot of CVs, and if you've got a big pile of them a big thing that sticks out is readability. If something is difficult to read it simply doesn't get read.

Small space fonts, smaller sizing, crammed paragraphs - they all help get that CV in the bin unfortunately.

Personally I prefer non-Serif fonts, I just find them easier to read. Cambria/Calibri/Arial/Verdana all good fonts. Verdana takes up more room but is easier to read I think.

HEADRAT · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:51

Wingdings

Scam · 21 Dec 2011 at 11:53

alx said:
Verdana. It's a slightly wide script font so is easier on the eye

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). Personally I agree -- I think that serif fonts are far easier to read in print, open any random book and it'll be printed in a serif font.

My last CV was Calibri with my name at the top in Georgia.