Are MS Word fonts standard across all MS Word versions?

Question

I'm about to use this font called "Bank Gothic" on my resume but before I go ahead and use it, I'm wondering if everyone has this font because if they don't, I worry that MY NAME will show up as those weird characters if I put it in this Bank Gothic font. So I guess what I'm asking is--because that wasn't so clearly put--do YOU have the Bank Gothic font on your MS Word?

Answer 1

Yes, I do have Bank Gothic. This may be a font file that is installed with MS Office.

You may want to have two versions of your resume. The one you print and mail, with Bank Gothic, and another electronic version that uses standard windows fonts such as Times Roman.

Answer 2

Microsoft Word uses the standard system fonts. Add these so-called True Type Fonts to the FONT section of your Control Panel.

When you share a Word file with a professional, who will PRINT for you, be sure to provide them with any special fonts that you used.

Generally, since Bank Gothic is not a standard font that most people have, you just might be sharing a LOOK with someone that won't see it.

Oh my gosh. Bank Gothic is an artsy-fartsy font, not suitable for a professional resume. Stick with a business-like font for a resume, like Times New Roman.

Good luck and Happy Computing!

Answer 3

Besides setting all margins to 1", the most important criteria for setting up a professional resume besides relevant text, is "scanability." Here are some helpful tips:

1. Place just below your identification header [your hame, address, phone, email address] any Conditional Warning Statement such as "Confidential Resume,"Do Not Contact Current Employer," etc.
2. Always fill-in an Objectives category [just below the Conditional Warning Statement] and make sure that he Objective will contribute to the profitability of your future employer;
3. Select a mono-type font such as Helvetica, Arial, Courier or Times Roman; do not select any cursive handwriting styles which cannot scanned;
4. Keep font sizes within a range of 10 to 12 pts.;
5. Avoid styling text with a justified alignment, keep it flushed left;
6. Instead of using tabs to set up blocked text entries, generate a table and use the column and row settings accordingly;
7. Do not place an i.d. picture anywhere on the resume, this is a major taboo due to discrimination issues;
8. Do not place any graphic text [saved as .gifs] onto the resume since it may be overlooked during the scanning phase;
9. List at the very end of the resume your interests which should include travel experiences, language skills, social interactions such as golf, team sports, tennis, etc.

In conclusion, the above helpful hints were designed to allow ease of scanning of your resume into PDF which can then be text captured for seach purposes by your potential employer. If the original resume was created in Word, WordPerfect or Mac Appleworks, it can be Saved As a PDF file which then can be saved as an email attachment. Otherwise, you can simply use a scanner and scan a hard copy of the resume and then save as a PDF file.

Failure to conform the resume to appropriate fonts and styles as outlined above will result in rejection of the resume simply due to the inability of the scanning device to properly index relevant resume entries.

Good luck!

Answer 4

Bank Gothic is not a standard MS Word font. If the person you are send the resume to does not have "Bank Gothic" they will see your resume in their chosen default font.

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