
Garamond, Baskerville, and Minion are some of our favorite choices. Fiction, memoirs, and (auto)biographies: You’ll want a classic serif font that’s easy to read.


This seems like an obvious suggestion, but you’d be surprised how many authors want wild, distracting, or mismatched fonts for their book’s body copy that don’t match the norms of the genre. Serif fonts have little tails on the edges of the letters, where a sans serif font has straight edges.Ĭhoose a Book Font That Goes Well with Your Genre Let’s start with some basic terminology by breaking fonts down into two categories: serif and sans serif. Our incredibly talented team of designers shared their insights into choosing the perfect font for your book. With so many choices, narrowing down the right fonts can feel daunting.

Choosing the right font-for both the interior pages and your front and back covers-is imperative to designing an easily readable book.
