One of the most important things, as any unpublished writer knows, is what font to select as their default font while they write their fiction. Some writers don’t even use a word processor. They use a text editor, so they aren’t distracted from their writing with such trivial decisions as font selection. I say, “Nonsense. If you are going to invest all the time and effort into writing a short story, shouldn’t it be typeset in a font worthy of your creative genius.”
Before I begin writing a short story, I spend one to two hours vacillating between various exciting font possibilities.
Serif (squiggles) or Sans Serif (no squiggles)?
Myriad (or the similar Calibri for those that only work with the fonts that came with their word processing software and computer operating system)?
The modernism and fearful symmetry of Futura.
The tried and true utilitarian Helvetica (Arial to all non graphic designers).
Times New Roman for that ponderous Victorian drama.
Daniel Will-Harris can help you select the font that exactly matches the mood of you’re the story you would be writing if you were not on his web site trying to figure out what font best fits the story that you would be writing …
Perhaps, it won’t take you long at all if you’ve already decided on your fiction font. My 12-year old daughter is partial to frilly scripts.
I however prefer sans serifs like Frutiger.
