To change the default font in Word 2007, open the 'Home' tab and in the 'Font' group, click on the tiny arrow near the bottom right corner. Click 'Yes' and your new default font will be installed. This will bring up a prompt to verify that you wish to make the changes. In the 'Font' dialog box that opens, choose the font, style, size and even colour you want to adopt and then click 'Default'. In pre 2007 versions of Word, open a document in the 'Normal' template, then go to 'Format' and select 'Font'. If you would like to set your own default font in Word, it is a straightforward procedure. I worked for a firm that used 11 point Gill Sans MT for all communication and each computer in the office was set to use this font as default. Some companies choose a specific font to use in all documentation and its presence on a letter becomes as familiar as the letterhead itself. Not all fonts are chosen for practical reasons, however, and the font used can simply be a reflection of the image you wish to portray. I just did a quick experiment to test this and a 52 page script typed in 12 point Courier became a 46 page script when converted to 12 point Arial.

One page of A4 script typed in this manner will equate to approximately one minute on the screen, and so the writer knows that a sixty page script will roughly equate to a one hour film. The reason that screenwriters are asked to use this particular font, however, has less to do with a nostalgic yearning for the typewriter, than sheer practicality. In the last of these, the submission guidelines will often demand that the script be typed in 12 point Courier font.Ĭourier, in case you didn't know, is a font in the style of an old fashioned typewriter. But then again, it’s one of the first applications I was trained on, so you learn to basically do everything on it.As a freelance writer I look into opportunities in a variety of formats that I think I may be able to achieve some success, including short stories, poetry and scripts. Besides being the only full-featured app to lay out books and magazines on, it’s the perfect blank canvas to throw ideas onto and organize however you like, with very few restrictions. As much as I would love to work exclusively on an iPad (I love the idea and simplicity of it), it’s InDesign that keeps me attached to my MacBook. AJ Trinidad, art director and creative design specialist InDesign I follow a lot of creative individuals, and they all have different design approaches, so the pieces shown on my feed have a range and have mixed styles, from mild to wild ideas! Looking at the best works isn’t just to gather inspiration for my next work, but it has become a motivation that I can also do more great things that other creative individuals would be able to take inspiration from. Instagram is a great source because it has been used by designers to showcase their portfolio/works. Pia Alive, independent creative director Instagram What I like best about Pinterest is the strong visual associations, but I’ll say my fave for this are some websites like Savee (they should make an app!), The Brand Identity, or Fonts in Use. I use Pinterest for quick inspiration every day. I find that I produce at a much faster rate now as I directly sketch/ink in the app, replacing the process of sketching, inking, and touching up on a light box or tracing paper scanning then transferring to either Photoshop or Illustrator, which I had been accustomed to for so many years. Since switching to Procreate about four years ago, it has helped a great deal in bridging the gap in the process I was used to for executing my artwork.

I’m from the old-school era of designers who used light boxes, tracing paper, and scanners to create illustrations. Seeing as I mix traditional and digital mediums, pen and ink has always been my preferred medium. My current go-to app is Procreate for the iPad Pro. Alby Furfaro, head of design at 303 MullenLowe Procreate Personally, I’m not there for “design inspo,” but instead open the app with a creative project top of mind and leave with a fresh outlook that I believe feeds back into the work and keeps it culturally relevant. Yes, it can turn into procrastination (we’ve all been there), but I truly believe many of the next top creatives are utilizing the platform and pushing it to be something far beyond the initial intention. Amongst my notes and camera apps, TikTok (and its “For You Page”) is a constant scroll of new, unexpected, and richly authentic perspectives, sandwiched between current world events, tear-inducing stories, and, of course, the occasional meme.

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