What font is best to use for a Graphic Designer resume?

There is absolutely no evidence that a sans-serif is easier or better to read in an immersive context, rather the opposite, geometric typefaces like Avant Garde or Century Gothic are harder to read than a humanist sans, like Gill or Bliss. For extended text I would look at a serif typeface, there will be a number bundled on your computer or software – do not use (ever) Arial, Comic Sans or Times Roman if you want to be taken seriously, if you have Adobe software you should also have received the excellent Arno or Warnock.

There is no reason why you should not use a sans serif for headings/sub-headings in conjunction with a serif for body copy – thousands of publications have successfully combined them, what you should avoid is mixing two typefaces of a similar genus (sans with a sans). It can be done with careful judgement, there are general "rules" – with experience you can overturn them.

For free typefaces look at the links provided here (Gentium and Lido might suit).

http://typophile.com/node/14652

Do not go wild with the design of you resumé, your portfolio will show your creativity if you are that way inclined. Treat it as a piece of information graphics you are trying to layout the text in a manner that critical (to an employer) information is easy to find, work up a grid, try to stick with black type on white stock, develop your layout and then get a friend or colleague to carefully proof-read it. There is nothing worse for a designer's employer to receive a work application with spelling errors, inconsistent punctuation and layout – it creates completely the wrong impression and would probably go in the bin.

Best Graphic Design Resume

DO NOT use a serif and san serif font together. Pick one or the other. That's typography 101 stuff. For body text, you need to be concerned with readability. I prefer using (and reading resumes that use) san serif fonts.

Helvetica

Arial

Akzidenz-Grotesk

Univers

As a graphic designer, you're allowed more wiggle room for experimenting with header and sub-head fonts, so pick a theme.

Don't go nuts though. There really shouldn't be any reason for using more than two different fonts. Anything more than that will get distracting and look like you don't know your basics.

Good Luck :)

Hi, There could be several reasons... 1. The condition of the economy. It's pretty bad. 2. You're style is to narrow, I see a lot of Japanese influence in a your work. This might be limiting you in some way. 3. You haven't sent a resume to the right company...YET. Keep plugin' away. 4. You really have stiff competition. You may have to be really persistent to let a company know that you are different. Maybe go in person to hand in your resume or fill out an application. Well these are a few reasons you might be having difficulties finding work. Just keep producing work and never give up, if you give up you will NEVER succeed. I hope this helps in some way. Good luck with it, Jeff

Personally I think something like this looks nice, clean, and neat:

http://rei-pash.deviantart.com/art/Rei-s-Resume-94...

A 'fancier' but not too out there font for the headings, and a clean font like Century Gothic for the main writing.

You don't want anything too difficult to read.

I would personaly say a sans serif font would be best.

I recommend a combination of both, find two fonts that look well together. Maybe a Serif for the heading and San-Serifs for the paragraphs. I don't know just find fonts that look interesting and professional. You're the designer you make it look good.

And if you need a free site with good fonts www .dafont. com

Sans Serif. Readability and Legibility are number one when it comes to choosing a font. Helvetica/Arial are good ones. If you want, google some typography rules to help you out.

Dafont.com is good but the simple stuff is appealing. Arial etc.

Or maybe I just like minimal too much

If you're a graphic designer, you should be *giving* advice on matters such as this, not *requesting* advice.