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valezar
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Username: valezar

Post Number: 44
Registered: 06-2006
Posted on Monday, July 31, 2006 - 12:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

Is there an industry standard for sending in a manuscript regarding font size and style? What is it?

If not, what size/style do you use?

Thanks
Gary Blankenship
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Post Number: 8828
Registered: 07-2001
Posted on Monday, July 31, 2006 - 12:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

Readable, nothing odd or fancy.

I like 14 point Times New Roman, but use 12 if 14 makes lines dangle past the right margin.

Some publishers will tell you how they want it, they should get what they ask for.

Smiles and good luck.

Gary


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valezar
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Post Number: 45
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Posted on Monday, July 31, 2006 - 12:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

14 seems aweful big to me. I'm using 10 right now. I'll compromise and go to 12 ;)

How about in most poetry books, is there a standard? TNR? Trying to measure out how many actual book pages I have, and trying to stay on track. Thanks for helping the newbie :-)
Gary Blankenship
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Posted on Monday, July 31, 2006 - 1:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

I'm looking at the Wild anthology and it used 12. Most do. If you are self-publishing, you might consider 14/bold for titles.

Smiles.

Gary


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July FireWeed more War/Peace
~M~
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Posted on Monday, July 31, 2006 - 2:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

Mr. B has given you excellent advice to use Times New Roman for submissions, valezar. It's highly readable and easy on the eyes. Editors, particularly ones with vision problems like me, appreciate bigger, readable fonts.

As to what font most books are set in, that would be Georgia. It's considered one of the most readable font types ever developed. It's what we use here at Wild for that reason. It also has serifs -- those little tiny lines you see on the bottom of most letters. Fonts with serifs are considered much easier to read over extended periods of time than fonts with no serifs. Use serif fonts for the major portions of text, san serif fonts for headlines and titles.

Hope that helps.

Love,
M

valezar
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Username: valezar

Post Number: 46
Registered: 06-2006
Posted on Monday, July 31, 2006 - 2:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post

great advice, I'm on it!