What are the best fonts for writing novels?
When you write a novel with a view to getting it published, you don't put it into the format in which it will appear in the finished book. You put it into manuscript form. For a manuscript: 1. Use a simple font in 12pt size - most agents and publishers will ask for Courier, Times New Roman or Arial because they are very easy on the eye. 2. Use double line-spacing. 3. Use wide margins so there's room for people to hand-write comments in them. 4. Number the pages. If you're lucky enough to get your book published, the publisher will choose a font, layout, design and cover for the finished book. The author gets no say in that.
When writing a book, which font and font size is commonly used?
Use 11-point Palatino for text. Use 14-point Helvetica for chapter titles and 12-point Helvetica for section headings. (Times Roman is a newspaper font.)
In what font is the tittle twilight written in? What font is Edward`s hand writing?
It is called Camilla and is available for download at http://www.bellaandedward.com/funfonts.php along with some other Twilight Fonts!
What size font do authors usually use when writing a book?
Typically, agents you contact may have a preference. If you are not going to publish, then it doesn't matter. One common standard is Times New Roman 12 pt, double spaced with 1 inch margins.
When writing a book, is it okay to mention/make references to famous celebrities, movies, other writers, songs, copyrighted stuff and related things?
When you are writing a book, during the actual writing process itself, yes all of these are allowed.It is publishing the book that can triggering copyright infringement, libel, and other legal issues.This is why publishers have lawyers that go over the entire book and clear all of the content. This is a very important legal service that publishers offer, and something that self-publishers often fail to be aware of.In general, yes, you can actually use real names in passing. Names of movies, writers, songs, books, celebrities, etc. What you cannot do is use actual copyrighted material: an excerpt from a book, lyrics from a song, dialog from a movie. But names do not enjoy copyright protection. In fact, it would be silly if they did since you could refer to anything in writing if they did. Nominative use is when you just refer to something by name and that is totall allowed.But you cannot go beyond that and use someone’s character. Sure, you can say “His hair looked like Harry Potter’s hair.” (By that way, don’t. That’s horrible writing.) But you can’t actually have the character Harry Potter in your book. That would be copyright infringement.And you run into all sorts of potential for libel if you include real people doing things they did not do in real life. Sure, mentioning them is okay. But turning them into a character in your book is a touchy subject. Disclaimers can help, but are undercut by using a real name of a real celebrity that is obviously a representation of that person.And, if your book is non-fiction then you must have a lawyer go over the book to look for libelous statements. There really isn’t anyway to make that risk safe otherwise.But again, this is the publisher’s headache, not yours. Unless you center your book on a fictional representation of a celebrity, making it essentially nonpunishable, you really aren’t negatively impacting your chances of finding a publisher by having a song quote or referencing Google or having a character carry around an iPad.Meanwhile, be aware that there are books like this out there:Shatnerquake“After a reality bomb goes off at the first ever ShatnerCon, all of the characters ever played by William Shatner are suddenly sucked into our world. Their mission: hunt down and destroy the real William Shatner. Featuring: Captain Kirk, TJ Hooker, Denny Crane, Priceline Shatner, Cartoon Kirk, Rescue 9-1-1 Shatner, singer Shatner, and many more.”
When writing a novel what do you have to do? (font size, font etc. Not how to write!)?
I am sure that you are not an idiot. You are very sensible to ask this question and learn about proper formatting. Most publishers will have on their website a list of their specific guidelines - for example, what fonts are best (or what is unacceptable), spacing, margins. It might be an idea to download some of these guidelines, just to get an idea of what is required. However, as a guide, the following would be acceptable for many publishers: - Font. The best fonts to use are the ones that are common and easy to read. Times New Roman and Arial are two easy to read fonts. - Font size. 12 point. - Margins. 3cm. Regarding spacing under a sentence. While until about 15 to 20 years ago it was common for two spaces to be left after each sentence, this convention has now become outdated. There is no need for more than one space.