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Font, Size, and Style > General Guidelines
General Guidelines
As you choose fonts and type effects for the various credits in your movie, consider these guidelines:
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Be consistent. Using the same typeface for all the titles in your movie lends consistency and professionalism to the project.
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Remember the QuickTime effect. If you plan to distribute your finished movie as a QuickTime file—an electronic movie file that you can distribute by email, network, CD, disk, or web page—use the biggest, boldest, cleanest fonts you have. Avoid spindly, delicate fonts or script fonts. When QuickTime compresses your movie down to a 3-inch square, what looks terrific in your Viewer will be so small it may become illegible.
