What is the best font for a cover letter?

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If you're emailing your cover letter along with your resume it should be in Courier New 10 pt. Also, all tabs and bullets should be removed.  

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I respectfully disagree with the above answer. Times New Roman is the accepted font for professional documents.
In addition, there are different formats you can use for a cover letter, but whatever format you choose it should short and have impact. For that reason, bullet points or even a table are acceptable. The employer will read hundreds, if not thousands, of resumes. Listing highlights or qualifications that catch the eye can be very effective.  

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I'm sorry, but both of those are ridiculous.
Courier is a font for programming in and Times is for Newspapers. I recommend Bell MT for a serif font, and Tahoma for sans serif. Overall, serif is better for print, sans for screen.  

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I totally agree with all you guys, but as far my research on internet and through professional people is concerned, i think Arial Narrow and Times New Roman is the ideal font for drafting mails....also Franklin Gothic Medium Cond is also impressive but not suggested as professional.

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Anything, anything, anything but Comic Sans or Papyrus. There are places for those font types, but please, never bring them into the professional world. As far as I believe, a simple font such as Times New Roman would suffice, but it may get looked over. Most of the above choices are professional, and it is a matter of personal preference, readability, and uniqueness that makes it stand out just enough to get that extra second of reading time. Good luck!


 

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There are no rules, just guidelines, and I suggest going for whatever constitutes a professional looking layout. (I like a font called Futura Light for a sans serif.) I think it can be a challenge to choose a font with a serif because what looks good in a book or a magazine or a standard e-mail can look commonplace or boring in a resume. I like to stand back and look at the entire layout. It just needs to look great.

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