The Microsoft Typography site site provides links to other font foundries (the companies or individuals outside of Microsoft who create and distribute fonts) where you can find additional fonts.Īfter you find a font that you would like to use with an Office application, you can download it and install it through the operating system that you are currently using on your computer. Some fonts on the Internet are sold commercially, some are distributed as shareware, and some are free. In addition to acquiring and using fonts installed with other applications, you can download fonts from the Internet. Different fonts take up different amounts of space on the page thus, we recommend using word count rather than page count to gauge paper length if possible.Note: To embed fonts in a Microsoft Office Word document or PowerPoint presentation, see Embedding fonts on the PPTools site. Instructors and publishers vary in how they specify length requirements. The footnote font might be smaller than the text font (and have different line spacing), and it is not necessary to change it. footnotes: When inserting footnotes with the footnotes function of your word-processing program, use the default font settings.computer code: To present computer code, use a monospace font such as 10-point Lucida Console or 10-point Courier New.figures: Within figure images, use a sans serif font with a type size between 8 and 14 points.Use the same font throughout your paper, with the following exceptions: For more on how font relates to accessibility, visit the page on the accessibility of APA Style.

Historically, sans serif fonts have been preferred for online works and serif fonts for print works however, modern screen resolutions can typically accommodate either type of font, and people who use assistive technologies can adjust font settings to their preferences. We recommend these fonts because they are legible and widely available and because they include special characters such as math symbols and Greek letters.

serif fonts such as 12-point Times New Roman, 11-point Georgia, or normal (10-point) Computer Modern (the default font for LaTeX).

sans serif fonts such as 11-point Calibri, 11-point Arial, or 10-point Lucida Sans Unicode.

A variety of fonts are permitted in APA Style papers.

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