It shrinks

Courier is a wider font. Just use a ruler and measure it, and then compare them.

Character spacing.

In Courier an i takes up as much room as an m; the space used is the same regardless of the letter. Not so in TNR.

Tines New Roman is a smaller font that also has kerning aiding to its compression. Courier fits 250 words or so a manuscript page but Times New Roman allows one to fit 350-400 words a manuscript page.

Shrinkage. Cold causes that.



As the others have said, it's the difference between monospaced type (Courier) where every letter has a fixed width and takes up the same space, and proportional (Times), where each letter has varying widths.

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID.

Wayne K said:

This threw off all my chapter spacing too.

This is why us old people hate learning new things

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Are you hitting enter a bunch of times to get to your new page?

Insert -> Page Break is best for chapter breaks. It puts the next line on a new page no matter what.

it just a spacing thing.

jennontheisland said:

Character spacing.

In Courier an i takes up as much room as an m; the space used is the same regardless of the letter. Not so in TNR.

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paperclips are amazingly smart. who knew...

jennontheisland said:

Are you hitting enter a bunch of times to get to your new page?

Insert -> Page Break is best for chapter breaks. It puts the next line on a new page no matter what.

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control/enter also does this. It will take you to the beginning of the next page.

... on the positive side, printing out your TNRed manuscript will use up less ink.

Wayne K said:

I knew that it would have less pages if I change the size from 12 to 10...

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Most agents prefer the MS in 12 pt.

Julie Worth said:

Most agents prefer the MS in 12 pt.

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Yes...true. And oddly enough, I came across 3 agents in the past couple of weeks who request 14 pt.

Times New Roman rocks, and it saves trees.

14 pt subs, eh? Never ran across guidelines asking for them before. Must be the literary fic agents have poorer eyesight.

Wayne K said:

This threw off all my chapter spacing too.

This is why us old people hate learning new things

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Page Breaks are your friend.

Phaeal said:

Times New Roman rocks, and it saves trees.

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Meh, I love Courier and I don't print.

Wayne K said:

I prefer Times Roman because it's easier to see. I've been using Courier so long I forgot how much darker and more defined it is

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Wait. If Courier is darker and more defined, then why would TNR be easier to see?

Ah. Well, I'm old. I grew up typing in Courier. I wasn't even happy when we got one of those new fangled "Elite" electric typewriters, so I kept using my manual. Courier is comforting to me.

Wait for your computer to warm up. It might make a difference.

Fortunately, it's not the number of manuscript inches that counts, it's how you used them.

KathleenD said:

Fortunately, it's not the number of manuscript inches that counts, it's how you used them.

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you said this to wayne! o boy.

Wayne K said:

No not that. My ms.

I knew that it would have less pages if I change the size from 12 to 10, but I just lost 40 pages by changing from Courier to Time Roman.

Is there a simple reason for this?

If it's complicated I won't understand it

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Times is a tiny, cramped font, which is why it's an absolute pain in the ass to edit by hand.