With its serifs (those little lines at the end of each stroke in a letter we’ll get to them soon), Microsoft states that it was “designed for on-screen reading and to look good when printed at small sizes.” And that makes it a great font for the content of your resume and cover letter. Like Calibri, Cambria was also commissioned by Microsoft by a Dutchman and created in 2004. It’s a professional and easy-to-read font, and it won the TDC2 2005 Type System award from the Type Directors Club.Ĭons: As a default font, it also means other job seekers may use Calibri, which means your resume might not stand out from others.Īlternative: Carlito is a font created by Google that is a match for Calibri, metrically compatible, and intended as an open-source substitute. Pros: As a default font, Calibri will usually render correctly when a hiring manager opens your resume. It’s a contemporary font that simply tries to maximize relatability, skipping dated serifs but without the intense flourish of other modern fonts-perfect for today’s resumes. Lucas de Groot, a Dutch type designer, was commissioned by Microsoft to create Calibri to replace good old Times New Roman as the default font for Office. Now let's take a look at each of our recommended resume fonts in more detail.

Use bolding, italicising and CAPITALIZING to emphasize important information such as your name and section headings, but be consistent.

Sans serif fonts, those without tails, that work well include Calibri, Helvetica, Verdana, Trebuchet MS and Lato.

Other serif fonts, those that have tails, that work well include Cambria, Georgia, Garamond, Book Antiqua, and Didot.

The most common font used is black Times New Roman at 12 points in size.If you can't fit your content on one page you could try using a sans-serif font at 10 points, but that's the minimum font size you should use. Larger fonts are good for emphasizing your name and section headings. The standard font size for resumes is 12 points in a classic and easily readable font.

That’s just about how long it takes the average person to read these two sentences. Recruiters and hiring managers take 7 seconds to initially scan your resume, according to our HR statistics report.

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