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Marc Jacobs

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So, I have agonized over every word and syllable and piece of punctuation. I have slaved over the way I would order it and the layout/design. My resume looks pretty great!


Now, my question is, can I use a fun font to jazz it up a bit? I'm not talking the crazy ones that look Western or like a playbill. I'm talking a variation on Times New Roman.


And, can I use a slightly more fun one for my name? Can I use that same one for the headings?


There is just som much information, I feel like the smallest variation will help break it up and look nicer and make it more readable. I just don't want it too look too cheesy.


comments?


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OK, I don't have a ton of resume experience, but I do have a ton of font experience, and I don't think it would be bad at all if you changed up the font. As long as the variation is small, I think it will help you stand out more. And between different document programs/operating systems, fonts vary anyway. But I would keep the name/text the same.


Personally, I think there are much better/more readable fonts out there than TNR!



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Marc Jacobs

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what kind of business are you in? In journalism it would have been frowned on - you were supposed to use different sizes and variations on the same font, and the font had to be pretty standard - one of my bosses said she tossed anything sans serif (she was a little bit much, though, and probably didn't). In law it REALLY would be frowned on. But law is its own weird little thing.

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I use Haettenschweiler (sans serif) for the header only which is common on both my cover letter stationary and resume (my name and address justified to the left, phone number justified to the right with a rule below of similar leading to the sans serif.  The body of the resume is always times new roman (serif) in 12 pt.  Serif fonts are easier on the eye to read, so you'll want to stick with that. 


I think my resume looks polished and professional... I am in marketing/advertising though (BFA & MBA) - so I guess I take a smidge of creative license...



-- Edited by detroit at 09:16, 2006-01-31

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I work as a production accoutant and my resume is in Arial. I also like Century Gothic though because IME it's so much easier to read than a font like TNR.

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