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By Evans May 23, 2020
The best font for a college essay is Times New Romans, Font 12
The font you use when writing academic papers should have two main properties: it should be readable and it should have clearly contrasting italics. Taking these into account, this is my recommendation:
Use a Serif Font
Serifs are the tiny strokes that extend on letters. Using this definition, serif fonts have the tiny strokes extending on their letters while sans serif fonts don’t have them.
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Examples of sans serif fonts are Ariel, Calibri, Verdana, and Helvetica, among others. These fonts don’t have true italics. Rather, their letters in italics are just slightly slanted to the right. For this reason, they don’t make for good body text. However, they are recommended for headings and single-line texts.
On the other hand, serif fonts have clearly defined italics with a sharper contract and are more readable for longer passages. For this reasons, they are recommended for use in the writing of academic papers. Examples of serif fonts are Times New Roman, Courier, Palatino and New Century Schoolbook. The best font for a college essay is Times New Roman.
The Type Size Should Be Readable
This is basically saying that the size of the font you choose should be big enough for you to read it comfortably without straining. This size is measured using the “point”. The point is basically the percentage of the screen that the letter(s) are occupying. One point is equivalent to approximately one pixel on a computer screen.
When writing academic papers, the recommended font size is between 10 to 12 points. These sizes make your text easy to read without necessarily looking bulky and oversized.
Margins and Paragraphs
Your margins’ minimum size should be 2.5cm while the maximum should be 3cm. This can be edited from the “Page Layout” tool.
On the other hand, the choice of using an indent is dependent on the type of academic paper you are writing. If required, use the tab tool, to make your indent. This is equivalent to approximately 1.27cm.
Your paragraphs should have a Double or a 1.5 spacing. This spacing ensures that your words are neither too cramped together nor are they too spaced out. They are therefore easily readable.
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