RÉSUMÉ ENCYCLOPEDIA
SUMMARY:
1. Times (Times New Roman) is still (as of 2024) number 1 as far as fonts for résumés are concerned.
2. Helvetica/Arial is okay, but not as good as Times. (Helvetica and Arial are different fonts, but you can use either of them. Arial was designed so that text won’t re-rerun when switched between the two fonts.)
3. The only problem with Georgia is that it takes up too much space for the same wordage. Space-efficiency is critical for most résumés.
4. Use anything else and you’re asking for trouble. (That includes Calibri, though it’s safer than most.) Many résumé services and other “experts” lack the basic technical and typographic knowledge needed to recognize this.