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Programmer CV/Resume Type

etenebris

I am helping my boyfriend translate his CV into UK format, and was hoping for some advice as to font choice.

He’s a computer engineer/programmer/game developer from Sweden. The jobs to which he’ll be applying are at top companies in the UK for senior programming or development positions in the games industry. In other words, everything needs to look shiny.

I’m not a designer myself (but happen to be an old acquaintance of the esteemed Mr Coles; hello Stephen!) but work as a project manager for an Internet marketing consultancy.. so I’m comfortable with the layout aspects. I just want to choose a font that’s “right” for this sort of position and don’t have enough expertise myself to figure that out.

Any recommendations?

I should add that he’ll submit it as a PDF, with an OpenOffice accompaniment, so an alternate for the .odt part would be nice as well. Thanks!

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Stephen Coles

Hej Erin! You’re still in the UK? Shipping the BF over?

I think a professional, modern sans would be the best. Fortunuately, there’s no shortage of those. Here are a few of my favorites:

Cachet - designed by a Brit and fairly popular among bright people over there
Neo Sans - ditto, but more techno
FF Daxline - an ultra clean update to an old FontFont favorite
Klavika - Facebook’s identity typeface, can’t go wrong

Don’t know what’s available in OpenOffice, but if someone can link me to a list, I’ll give you an alt.

etenebris

Tjena Stewf :)

Yes, still in the UK, I quite like it here. Edinburgh for now, but depending on the boyfriend’s job offers, it may eventually be London or Midlands. How’s SF treating you?

Thanks much for the recommendations; I quite like both Neo Sans and Klavika (I think it’s the ’g’s!). What size/weight would you recommend for best clarity?

As to font compatibility for OpenOffice, I think the best thing would be to link you to a list of Linux-Windows agreeable fonts.

Stephen Coles

Klavika Regular, Neo Sans. Stay between 9-11 pts.

Yikes. The pickings are sadly slim here, proving that Linux isn’t really a designer’s platform. I guess FreeSans is the best way to go, being closest to Helvetica.

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