Font

delta_bravo

Hello,

Just wondering what font you used for your theses? I'm currently using Arial Unicode MS which I think reads fairly well. Any thoughts on it? We didnt get any advice from the school for which font to select. What did you use?

baby and crumble

personally I DESPISE Arial, but that's a personal thing.

I always think Bookman old is lovely, or else stick with the tried and tested Times...

brianthebard

I also hate Arial, but I agree its a thing of personal taste, unless you want to use something silly. Personally I always stick with Times NR. There are a couple of other similar fonts that would work. Just keep it simple.

hidinginthebush

With regards to the arial choice, I read that you are supposed to use a serif font, as it makes it easier to read. I'm currently using Garamond. Looks nice, but it's pants at italics

delta_bravo

hidinginthebush wrote: »

With regards to the arial choice, I read that you are supposed to use a serif font, as it makes it easier to read. I'm currently using Garamond. Looks nice, but it's pants at italics

Just looking at the UCD site and they recommend a sans serif font such as Arial, Tahoma and Helvetica, guess every university is different.

hidinginthebush

delta_bravo wrote: »

Just looking at the UCD site and they recommend a sans serif font such as Arial, Tahoma and Helvetica, guess every university is different.

Really? And here's me in ucd telling different. The reason I thought you were'nt supposed to use sans serif's is due to the fact that they make the brain more tired when reading, since the letters aren't as easily recognisable, but I'm no expert so could definitely be wrong. From a personal perspective, I just don't like sans- fonts, they just seem to lifeless, if that makes sense? Makes whatever you've written seem like robotic instructions rather that the toils of some poor post-grad.

Also, whereabouts on the ucd site did you see this? I should probably stick to their guidelines before submitting at the end of the month (hopefully)

mono627

Times NR ftw! IMO the most professional looking.

johnfás

hidinginthebush wrote: »

Really? And here's me in ucd telling different. The reason I thought you were'nt supposed to use sans serif's is due to the fact that they make the brain more tired when reading, since the letters aren't as easily recognisable, but I'm no expert so could definitely be wrong. From a personal perspective, I just don't like sans- fonts, they just seem to lifeless, if that makes sense? Makes whatever you've written seem like robotic instructions rather that the toils of some poor post-grad.

Also, whereabouts on the ucd site did you see this? I should probably stick to their guidelines before submitting at the end of the month (hopefully)

Must depend on faculty. School of Law requires that you use Times New Roman.

IvyTheTerrible

Check your department guidelines, best thing to do.

Yag reuoY

delta_bravo wrote: »

Hello,

Just wondering what font you used for your theses? I'm currently using Arial Unicode MS which I think reads fairly well. Any thoughts on it? We didnt get any advice from the school for which font to select. What did you use?

I also think Arial Unicode MS is the best. It's much better than the standard Arial font which seems to be unpopular.

delta_bravo

Yag reuoY wrote: »

I also think Arial Unicode MS is the best. It's much better than the standard Arial font which seems to be unpopular.

Nice to hear something positive, I'm handing in this baby tomorrow!

El Siglo

I don't get it, what's the biggest difference between arial and arial unicode ms?

graduate

I used New Century Schoolbook, and was happy with the results.

brianthebard

El Siglo wrote: »

I don't get it, what's the biggest difference between arial and arial unicode ms?

There is none.

JohnMearsheimer

Usually you can't go wrong wth Times New Roman. Seeing as your supervisor is going to be one of the people reading your dissertation you might want to ask him/her. That's what I did with mine anyway.

El Siglo

brianthebard wrote: »

There is none.

Is it a case of six of one, a half a dozen of the other.

Yag reuoY

El Siglo wrote: »

Is it a case of six of one, a half a dozen of the other.

Fire up MS Office and you'll see there certainly is a difference. :pac:

LadyMayBelle

The Dept. of Political Science and Sociology have very vague 'rules' on all of this; I used Helvetica because it's most readable and looks well.

Shalashaska

As many people have already pointed out, Times New Roman is generally accepted as the 'default' font for theses across most third-level institutes. And, speaking from experience, it didn't seem to be a problem since I just found out that my research masters thesis passed today .

gerry87

Comic Sans, and don't forget plenty of clip-art.