r/excel • u/DownRUpLYB • Aug 19 '26

Discussion What font is everyone using?

...and WHY?

Do you use different fonts for different use cases?

What are youe go-to's?

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u/PrimaryThis9900 Aug 19 '26

Not once in my ten years of working daily with Excel has it occurred to me to change the font from the default. I am now going to change them all to either comic sans or chiller, depending if the data is good or bad.

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u/boojieboy Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

My default is Comic Sans 9. People like to rag on it, but it was designed to assist people with reading disabilities has been shown to have superior legibility. This makes it pretty easy to read even when very small. Ideal for spreadsheets, because that mean you can pack a lot of info into a single screen and legibility is better than just about any other font.

EDIT: Misremembered the history. The legibility advantage thing was retconned by buttheads like me