Bloomberg Business Tip: DO NOT Use Times New Roman on Your Resume
That doesn't mean you should use Comic Sans in its place, of course.
This PRNewser writer’s alter ego is that of a writing teacher who may or may not have recently (somewhat jokingly) reserved the right to set student papers aflame if they deviated from proper MLA format, including Times New Roman 12 pt. font.
As such, I was utterly aghast to read the following sentence in a recent Bloomberg Business article about the best and worst fonts to use on a resume:
“[Using Times New Roman is] telegraphing that you didn’t put any thought into the typeface that you selected…It’s like putting on sweatpants.”
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