Garamond

In The New York Times, a writer recommends Garamond:

A few months ago, while I was looking at a long-term project I’d been working on in fits and starts, my cursor meandered toward the word processor’s font menu, and with one click the text reappeared in Garamond. I nearly gasped. Dressed in gentle serifs and subtle ornamentation, my words swelled with new life, and I saw hidden in the screen behind them the reflection of someone else, someone whose presence commanded respect.

Uhm, okay, sure.

Says the writer, “I cannot start any document — a novel, a letter, an invoice — without first clicking on the drop-down menu labeled ‘Font’ and considering my options.”

Which is why other writers might choose iA Writer, or a similar app. Or pen, or pencil. Or choose to print a draft in Courier, so that it doesn’t look beautiful. It’s always about the words.