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I just use Courier. It's easier for my to see typos that way, and when printing, there's lots of room for edits.
I just tend to start with standard manuscript formatting, so there's less to change later.
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I just tend to start with standard manuscript formatting, so there's less to change later.
And welcome to the boards!
For my First Draft I almost always use a typewriter, but for later drafts I use Courier New exclusively on my word processor.
I write movie scripts, so I am obligated no matter what my preferences to use nothing else but Courier New, 12-point, 10-pitch.
Wordpad text mode defaults to Courier 10 which I end up using a lot, but if I want something "readable" I'll change it to Times New Roman 12 or 14, so it looks more like a page from a book. They spend centuries figuring out fonts for easy reading, and the old "standards" are still in common use, so they work for me. Every once in a while text actually needs to be monospaced, so then it's back to Courier.
ETA: And why use Wordpad instead of Microsoft Word or OpenOffice's word processor? Wordpad does 95 percent of what I ever want to do for 95 percent of the times I write, and it loads in half a second vs. ten seconds or howeverlong for a "REAL" word processor, and also runs faster. I prefer faster response rather than being too feature-laden with stuff I rarely use.
ETA: And why use Wordpad instead of Microsoft Word or OpenOffice's word processor? Wordpad does 95 percent of what I ever want to do for 95 percent of the times I write, and it loads in half a second vs. ten seconds or howeverlong for a "REAL" word processor, and also runs faster. I prefer faster response rather than being too feature-laden with stuff I rarely use.
I can understand there might be a submission format, but do you really have to WRITE in the same format as your submission? Modern word processors allow you to change things after they are written, you know...
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For writing, I prefer Hoefler Text -- very pleasing to the eyes. For formatting, Courier New or Dark Courier.
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For reading, I prefer 11 pt. Times New Roman with 1.5 spacing. For writing, I've trained myself to like 12 pt. Courier New. For fancy lettering in things for fun, I prefer anything that looks like script (depends on its use which one), but especially Fioles Girls
I like to do my first draft in Wingdings and my final submissions in Bookshelf Symbol 1...
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Okay, just kidding! I actually run everything in Courier New. I can read it just fine, it fits tons of submission standards, and everyone is happy. I like happy. Even more than I like Wingdings...
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Okay, just kidding! I actually run everything in Courier New. I can read it just fine, it fits tons of submission standards, and everyone is happy. I like happy. Even more than I like Wingdings...
-Michelle
Good ol' Times New Roman.
When people talk about Courier, I actually vomit a little. Right in the floor. It isn't pleasing, but then again neither is a font that looks like it stepped right off a '76 Underwood with a trick ribbon and the name BARB STAPLETON written in Wite-Out on the bottom left side.
When people talk about Courier, I actually vomit a little. Right in the floor. It isn't pleasing, but then again neither is a font that looks like it stepped right off a '76 Underwood with a trick ribbon and the name BARB STAPLETON written in Wite-Out on the bottom left side.
Interesting. Does WordPad handle big documents well? I never thought very much about the program, but it is part of my Windows XP setup, so if it works well, I might just try it out for the sake of seeing what I can do with it.
But I am curious if it will handle big documents, like say, novel-length or chapter-length files.
Cool idea, in any case!
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Courier new, 12pt, for writing. Andale Mono for coding or writing in LaTeX.
I have always been a fixed font kind of girl where work is concerned, because the last thing you want to see is code written in Times New Roman.
If you really do hate Courier New, and still want to try out a fixed font (you can visually see meter and pace better when letters are the same width) you may try working in one of the smarter fixed-widths like Andale Mono, which is actually part of the core web fonts and is free.
I have always been a fixed font kind of girl where work is concerned, because the last thing you want to see is code written in Times New Roman.
If you really do hate Courier New, and still want to try out a fixed font (you can visually see meter and pace better when letters are the same width) you may try working in one of the smarter fixed-widths like Andale Mono, which is actually part of the core web fonts and is free.
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I write in single spaced 12pt TNR. I plan to submit in 10 or 12pt Courier New. Haven't decided which yet.
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Oh, and programmers may or may not quibble over fonts as much as writers do.
Evaluations of multiple fixed-widths, with judging criteria and samples:
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/12/6/11739/5249
Evaluations of multiple fixed-widths, with judging criteria and samples:
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/12/6/11739/5249
I used to write in TNR, but it broke my heart to translate it to Courier at the end, so now I work in Courier the whole way.
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TNR 12 pt., all the way. I'd modify this if a publisher or agent asked me to, but luckily, nobody has yet.
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