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The Simplest Way to Upgrade Your Work Communication

We’ve talked before about keeping the font on your resume, cover letter, and other business documents and communications simple and professional.

But sometimes, to stand out a little more, we want to step away from the Times New Roman. And if you’re not a designer or expert in typography, it can be hard to know how to step out of your font comfort zone—without ending up with a document that’s hard to read or looks way too gaudy.

For a little help, check out the infographic below. It offers one-step-above replacements for common fonts, as well as some fancier fonts when you want to upgrade headings in a report or on your website (we’d recommend avoiding the cursive in any work communication). Best of all? They’re all available for free download here!

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Infographic courtesy of Plato Web Design. Photo of alphabet courtesy of Shutterstock.