And never use more than a very few fonts in a single book - we usually choose one serif font for the main text body, a sans serif for chapter titles and headings within the chapters. Most are specialty fonts suitable for titles, headlines, advertising, emotional impact, etc. Don't get carried away with the thousands of font choices available They tend to become too faint and affect readability. If your book will be printed digitally, you should steer away from fonts with segments that are very thin. If you look closely at most serif fonts (like Times), you will notice that there are thick and thin portions of each letter.

The typeface may depend on how your book will be printed Here are two caveats before proceeding to few recommendations: 1. The font tends to set very tight, making the text block on the page dense and dark. How, or why, it became a word processing standard, I have no idea. Today, almost no newspapers still use it. Times Roman and Times New Roman were designed for the narrow columns of newspapers, originally for the London Times back in the 1930s. And there are other, very practical, reasons for not using it. It will make your product look very unprofessional. We are told one thing by multiple sources though : don’t use Times New Roman or Times Roman. Say “No” to Times New Roman or Time Roman You’ll get a different answer from almost everyone you ask. One of the most common questions asked by would-be self-publishers who are intent on designing and typesetting their book themselves is, “ What font should I use?” When people are asking this question it shows us that they are at least thinking about their selections.

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