When choosing font faces for a typed report, you must bear in mind that it is a formal written report and that the fonts must suit this purpose. Font style and size contribute towards legibility and also to the impact that your writing will have. Remember also that consistency is key; fewer, carefully selected fonts will be more impactful than a veritable “alphabet soup” of different fonts randomly combined.
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Required knowledge:
1. Without serifs
Sans is the French word for without.
The combination of a subtle, stylish serif font for your headings with a readable, sans-serif font for your body text is probably the way to go. A serif is a small decorative line or projection from a letter. Sans is French for “without”. In the screenshot below, only Times New Roman is a serif font.
2. Guidelines
None of the very decorative fonts, cursive fonts or handwriting fonts is suitable. Here are some basic guidelines:
Suitable
sans-serif
fonts for body text
Suitable
serif
fonts for headings
CAPS
letter
fonts are difficult to read
Cursive &
decorative
fonts are difficult to read & unsuited to purpose
