Century Schoolbook is familiar from textbooks and Supreme Court opinions.At its worst, it looks like it came from a 19th-century advertising flyer. Bell at its best looks like it came from a 19th-century book.Baskerville Old Style is junk, but the Baskerville that comes with Macs is perfectly usable.I mention this because of the law-review convention of putting the title of the article at the top of each page in all-caps italics: “A"s and "R"s in particular just look wrong. Be warned that Jannon’s italic capitals have horribly inconsistent slopes. It’s based on the typefaces of Jean Jannon, who lived a century after Claude Garamond. It’s a much better default choice on Microsoft’s part. On the other hand, Cambria is bland bland bland, but again undeniably readable.Hoefler Text is a little too ebullient for my tastes, but it’s undeniably pretty and readable.It’s classical and generally unobtrusive. Palatino, Palatino Linotype, and Book Antiqua are basically the same typeface.All of these have issues, but they’re still miles ahead of the defaults. Operating systems and office suites come with some decent fonts. I’ll proceed in rough order of difficulty: from fonts you already have, to fonts you can easily get, to fonts you need to research before buying. I’m going to focus on serif typefaces suitable for extended legal academic writing, since that’s the main design problem I’ve thought about, although that won’t stop me from mentioning a few other typefaces I’ve found useful. Here are a few of my thoughts on finding a good one. With fonts as with shirts, picking a look that works for you can be an intimidating choice, but it’s worth the effort. You instantly look better, and you feel better too. Switching away from Times New Roman is like showering, shaving, and putting on a clean shirt.
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