What's a good font?

[bluejester]

I'm typing my first draft in Word. Is there an industry standard for font? From looking at screenplays online, there seems to be but I can't find it.

[newbie writer]

12 pt courier

[mdbftp]

Times New Roman is a good font. And Arial.

[writerscut]

They may be pretty, I assume that was sarcasm mdbftp, courier is the only font that will be accepted...

[A Pathetic Writer]

Dick Lang wrote all his scripts in helvetica and no one I know ever complained.

[writerscut]

There is no argument here, if all you want is to disagree and be stubborn, then go ahead...

[mdbftp]

The story about E.T. being stuck in turnaround until someone thought to change the font from Verdana to Courier is just an urban legend.

[maestrowork]

The story about MDP stuck in his own mind is quite not an urban legend.

Courier 12pt is the only font.

[mdbftp]

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The story about MDP stuck in his own mind is quite not an urban legend.

Courier 12pt is the only font.


I do not understand you. Can you rephrase and resubmit?

(btw, this post is not written in courier)

[absolutewrite]

MDB: Please stop.

Courier 12 is the font to use when writing spec scripts. That's really all you need to know.

[xtz]

It has to be a Courier 12 font but you have a choice of which. In Word change the line spacing to exactly 12 Pt in the Font/Paragraph menu

If you are using Windows then "Courier New" may not print very darkly and "Courier" is a system and not a TrueType font (ie for the screen not for printing)

If you do a search on google for

"Courier10BT"

and

"Dark Courier"

These are two darker fonts you can download for free and use instead.

[xtz]

The Final Draft trial used to install Courier Final Draft on your computer - don't know whether it still does.