Young Writers discussion

What font do you write in? What do you think looks best for writing? What's your favorite font? What font do you hate?

I write all my novels in bright red Comic Sans.


... But actually, I pretty much always write in plain old black, size 12 Times New Roman. Although I always zoom in at 150% for some reason. I just like it that way.

Although recently I've been writing more on Scrivener which is automatically set to Cochin, which I don't mind writing in either ...

I use scrivener but I change it to Times New Roman size 12. I'm just used to it.

Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "I write all my novels in bright red Comic Sans.

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Wow, I can't imagine writing while zooming in 150%! Haha, I get weirded out by 100% zoom.

I write in Georgia or like, Calibri because that's Word's default. I'm boring.

I use the more caligraphy-like styles such as Bookman old style. It just makes the story look more interesting until I have to switch it

Annie wrote: "Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "I write all my novels in bright red Comic Sans.

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Wow, I can't imagine writing while zooming in 150%! Haha, I get weirded out by 100% zoom.

I write in Georgi..."

I think I developed the habit when my vision was really crappy and I didn't have the right prescription for my glasses ... and then I just got used to it.

This depends. I write first drafts in 12-point Times New Roman, then change the font up for rewrites and edits.

I always, always write in 12-point Times New Roman. If not that, then another serif font. I hate almost every sans serif font there is.

Me too.

I usually write in Times New Roman, with the exception of Antonia, which for reasons unknown to me I've ended up writing in Garamond.

I write in all sorts of fonts, just for fun, but most of them look at least semi-professional. The weirdest one I've used is Tunga. But I kind of use fonts like that because they're small and conserve space. Assuming I ever finish a novel, I'd change it to something a bit more uniform.

I write in different fonts that I feel fit the main character of the story I'm writing. For Manic Pixie Dream Girl, I wrote in Georgia and for The Weight of All Things I'm writing in Cambria Math. But I can't stand writing in "creative fonts" because they're so distracting.

Yeah, I can't either. I still have to be able to read it and not feel like I'm looking at a project I wrote in elementary school. (In 3rd grade, I wrote a story entirely in ComicSans. Don't judge. I look back on that in shame.)

Ooh! My favorite font to write in? Webdings! XD

Taylor [formerly Timothy] wrote: "Ooh! My favorite font to write in? Webdings! XD"

*like*

Taylor [formerly Timothy] wrote: "Ooh! My favorite font to write in? Webdings! XD"

Haha!

Maxy wrote: "Yeah, I can't either. I still have to be able to read it and not feel like I'm looking at a project I wrote in elementary school. (In 3rd grade, I wrote a story entirely in ComicSans. Don't judge. ..."

ah well, at least that was third grade. Someone in my English Language class (of 16 to 18-year-olds) recently handed in their final pieces of coursework for the year entirely in comic sans. I died inside.

Calibri, Verdana and Candara.

Oooh I'm writing in Candara right now, actually. I LOVE sans serif fonts, actually. They are so clean! I feel like serif can be really heavy a lot of the time.

Candara is for my TYPO stories. (The youth orchestra stories I've been ranting about.)

Tesni wrote: "Maxy wrote: "Yeah, I can't either. I still have to be able to read it and not feel like I'm looking at a project I wrote in elementary school. (In 3rd grade, I wrote a story entirely in ComicSans. ..."

I die inside whenever I get a paper or see a website written in Comic Sans.

It don't bother me. XD

I think it looks like something a third-grader created so I'm just like "ew so unprofessional" when I see it.

I write in Garmound, Georgia, or Antiqua. Sometimes I change the color to dark blue, violet, green. . .

Oh, I hadn't thought about font color.

*grabs stack of paper* I promise, it's a future NYT bestseller. It's just written in white font. New marketing scheme, see? :D

I should write in different colors depending on who's speaking.

So white for the violas. XDD

Taylor [formerly Timothy] wrote: "Oh, I hadn't thought about font color.

*grabs stack of paper* I promise, it's a future NYT bestseller. It's just written in white font. New marketing scheme, see? :D"

*dies*

I write in Cochin size 14 because I've been too lazy to change the settings... although one of my favorite parts of character developing is searching for a font (on dafont.com) that looks like how I picture them writing. I don't know when I started doing it, but it's fun. One of my favorite handwriting fonts is 'Joy Like Sunshine Through my Windowpane' (not a fan of the title though)

Taylor [formerly Timothy] wrote: "Oh, I hadn't thought about font color.

*grabs stack of paper* I promise, it's a future NYT bestseller. It's just written in white font. New marketing scheme, see? :D"

This is revolutionary.

*bows* It comes out next month. Look for it on a printer near you.

I'm worried about plagiarism, though.

I think I found a copy by my printer already! :O

Payment via Paypal is appreciated. :)

*nods*

THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL

AND THAT REMINDS ME

I WAS IN MY MATH CLASS THE OTHER DAY AND MY TEACHER GAVE US THIS SCAVENGER HUNT THING AND I TOTALLY FLIPPED OUT BECAUSE IT WAS WRITTEN IN COMIC SANS AND NOBODY UNDERSTOOD WHY I WAS SO UPSET

I would if I wasn't absolutely terrified of him.

My secretary hates Comic Sans. She'll get a kick out of this!

Lol, I actually really like Calibri on size 10 ;) Though I usually end up usuing Times New Romans, just because that is the default on my Microsoft -_-' I always keep it at size 10, though . . which I guess is a little small :)

*hisses at sans serif fonts*

I love sans serif!!

I don't know why I hate them but I really despise anything sans serif except in certain cases, like on some websites or titles or something.

Taylor [formerly Timothy] wrote: "Ooh! My favorite font to write in? Webdings! XD"

*slow clap*

Pssst…throw tomatoes. That'll really sell it.

Calibri. It's the standard on word, but now I might change it just for the heck of it.

Times New Roman

@Michelle : I may change that now too lol

Times new roman, size 14.
That font just says "I am a book" all over it. don't you agree?

I use all sorts of different fonts, depending on the narrator I use. Little kids have more cutsey fonts, villians maybe a more serious/creepy font, etc...
I like the really weird looking ones so I take every chance I get to use a new font.

@Nour

Actually, TNR always says to me, "I am a school assignment."

I'm reading Monsters of Men. There are three different perspectives in here and each uses a different font that seems to fit the character. I like it.

I love that book to death, but the different fonts kind of bugged me actually. ... Well, mostly just the font used for the third POV (not saying who because I guess it's kind of a spoiler) because I found it kind of difficult to read. :P

Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* wrote: "I love that book to death, but the different fonts kind of bugged me actually. ... Well, mostly just the font used for the third POV (not saying who because I guess it's kind of a spoiler) because ..."

I liked (view spoiler)[The Sky/1017's (hide spoiler)] font...