# recommend a free, truetype font for this application **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 18, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-free-truetype-font-for-this-application/384643 "2006-12-18T16:17:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-free-truetype-font-for-this-application/384643/1 "2006-12-18T16:17:33Z")
I’m putting together a bunch of PowerPoint slides comprising the words for some Christmas Carols… I want to use a font that: -Is easy to read (so not too curly or fancy) -Is slightly decorative (so not as clinically precise as Arial or Times New Roman) -Makes good use of vertical space; the closed, loopy bits of the font (whatever they’re called) need to be fairly large - so not one of those fonts where everything looks like an absurdly tall lower case k -Is not too wide (I need to be able to fit four to six lines of verse nicely on a landscape-oriented page) Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-free-truetype-font-for-this-application/384643/2 "2006-12-18T16:54:47Z")
I can’t recommend a specific font, but you might [find what you’re looking for here](http://www.dafont.com/themes.php). ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-free-truetype-font-for-this-application/384643/3 "2006-12-18T18:19:32Z")
I’ve always liked Myriad Pro for general usage such as this. FWIW, this is the typeface Apple uses in their current branding. Has a nice modern and light feel to it, and looks good at a variety of sizes. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-free-truetype-font-for-this-application/384643/4 "2006-12-18T20:06:29Z")
I like Myriad pro, too, but many people don’t have it installed (it comes with the adobe suite, though). How about Trebuchet? It’s a standard install in windows and I like the “g”. Here’s trebuchet: the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-free-truetype-font-for-this-application/384643/5 "2006-12-18T20:48:36Z")
I’m looking for something a little more cosy and decorative (but still readable) - I think I’ll need serifs. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-free-truetype-font-for-this-application/384643/6 "2006-12-18T21:04:48Z")
Aha! [Bolton Elongated](http://www.dafont.com/bolton.font) looks quite close to what I was grasping for.