While most popular with romance writers, Sabon is also terrific as a title or chapter title font when paired with body fonts like Garamond or Baskerville. The text is simple, yet elegant and legible.

Sabon – Widely regarded as the best font for romance novels, Sabon is a serif typeface based on Garamond.

It has many of the same elements of Baskerville, including the thickness and balance, with a slightly more modern look. I think of Baskerville for fantasy and literary fiction, while Garamond hits me as more of a sci-fi or thriller type of font.

Garamond – I like Garamond for fiction too.

Thanks to its clean appearance and fine balancing of thick and thin lines, Baskerville remains one of the easiest to read printed fonts. Developed in the 1750s, Baskerville is a serif font that’s been actively used for hundreds of years.

Baskerville – Top of my list for fiction books.

I love this font for nonfiction that still has a casual or lighter subject‌. The major difference to my eye is a slightly smaller character with thicker lines. This is another older style, Serif font with many similarities to Baskerville.

Caslon – You’ll find Caslon listed as “Adobe Caslon Pro” often in your word processor.

If you’re writing nonfiction and want to capture the feeling one might get reading a blog from your iPad, Century would be my first choice. Century – Century is a great font that bridges the gap between serif and sans serif typefaces.When you’re making your own choices, be sure to keep in mind common fonts for your genre and your own book layout. We’ll end today with my top fonts for fiction and nonfiction works. In fact, ‌avoid web-based and Google fonts they’re not designed for print. Yet I would never print a book in Trebuchet. I just think it’s a nice, clean font that looks good on my screen. But could you imagine reading Lord of the Rings in Courier? I doubt anyone would get past the first chapter. In context, the right font goes unnoticed. And last we have Courier, a classic ‘typewriter’ font, that you wouldn’t expect to see in a book but is great for newspapers.Įach of these three has a specific purpose in mind, by design and historical use.

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