I am publishing a small volume of poetry, and I was wondering if anyone knew of a good font to use for the type? I'd prefer not to use arial and times new roman and all the regulars if I don't have to. I need something both readable and beautiful, without being distracting from the words themselves.
2006-09-05 15:17:33 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Your question is well taken for there are a multitude of fonts that you could choose for your poetry collection. Bear in mind, however, that if you submit any of your prose to a literary agent or a publishing house they much prefer the font to be in Times New Roman at size 12 print.
They do not care for fancy fonts if they are considering representation or publication.
Just a word to the wise . . .
2006-09-05 15:28:11 · answer #1 · answered by Guitarpicker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some typeface familes which have withstood the test of time are the 16th century type, Garamond and 18th century type, Baskerville, and Caslon which are proportioned after the Roman (capitals) with 16th century influenced lower case, but with their own subtleties. Palatino is a font designed in the 20thc by Zapf and the Zapf font family has a variety of weights and italics as do the others. Those are all serif types which are thought easier to read in the US. Lucida, Optima and Verdana are recently designed fonts which are sans serif and probably not difficult to read in shorter lengths. Verdana has a larger lower case, proportionately, a more square look.
2006-09-06 00:18:26 · answer #2 · answered by ma8pi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want a font that is less harsh try verdana or anything in sans-serif family of fonts. They have slightly rounder shapes that are a little more forgiving for poetry.
2006-09-05 22:37:11 · answer #3 · answered by kxaltli 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I absolutely love Agaramond...it's the classic font (harry potter uses it on the regular text) it has this simple, yet almost gothic feel to it...it's classic in the sense that when you go to a used book store and dig out a book from some random shelf and you see the publication date is 1937...it will most likely be Agaramond...so nostalgic! anything else won't be taken seriously...like, never use comic sans - please!!
2006-09-05 23:06:39 · answer #4 · answered by rachel k 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hey hereticeve,
Poetry? how nice. I have just finished a couple of short stories and have used Palatino Linotype for one and Maiandra GD for the other. If you have anything in italics go for Palatino, it reads nice and clear!
Hope this helps!
2006-09-05 22:37:16 · answer #5 · answered by اري 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to mac font book. you will have a plethera to decide from. Happy publishing.
2006-09-05 22:19:39 · answer #6 · answered by Wendsday's child 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would go visually rather than by name..
see the collection that http://www.JustFreeFonts.com has..
its easier to pick this way..
2006-09-07 18:18:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋