Fonts & Size matters...

[Shadowlands]

I have just had two stories rejected for various punctuation concerns. I cut and paste direct from Word. I am sure that some of the formatting did not look correct as I edited it on screen. I gave up; it was late, and I decided to edit it in word instead.
That gave me pause for thought. What font, and font size, do Literotica prefer their authors to submit their work in? Is there a particular one? Or are all the usual suspects acceptable?
This newbie welcomes your comments.
Many thanks.

 

[snoopercharmbrights]

... That gave me pause for thought. What font, and font size, do Literotica prefer their authors to submit their work in? ...

As far as I know there is no stated preference. All postings are converted to Literotica's own set appearance.

After editing in MSWord, cut and paste your story into Notepad and then use ANSI to save your personal original as a .txt file and close it. Reload into Notepad and cut and paste from there into the text box on the submission page. That will get rid of most of the odd (strange, peculiar) problems.

 

[_Lynn_]

I copy and paste text directly from Word into the submission box without any problems. I like that you can preview your story before actual submission. And I've never had any issues with formatting.

As for font, most times I use Times New Roman 12 because that's what Word is set at on my computers.

 

[sr71plt]

I copy and paste text directly from Word into the submission box without any problems. I like that you can preview your story before actual submission. And I've never had any issues with formatting.

As for font, most times I use Times New Roman 12 because that's what Word is set at on my computers.

Ditto to all of this. Quite simple and no problems. You do have to set italics with <i>/</i> coding, but for Lit. formatting that's really the only code you should need.

 

[PennLady]

I use Word, and my default (from a while ago) is a story template I made with Verdana 11pt.

At any rate, as MistressLynn and sr71 have noted, it shouldn't matter. I paste it in with any necessary tags (usually just <i> and </i>), the preview shows up in TNR and the final shows up in Arial or Helvetica or whatever Lit uses. My point (really, I have one) is that it doesn't seem to matter what the writer uses -- it's converted to Lit's format.

 

[CarlusMagnus]

I use Word, and my default (from a while ago) is a story template I made with Verdana 11pt.

At any rate, as MistressLynn and sr71 have noted, it shouldn't matter. I paste it in with any necessary tags (usually just <i> and </i>), the preview shows up in TNR and the final shows up in Arial or Helvetica or whatever Lit uses. My point (really, I have one) is that it doesn't seem to matter what the writer uses -- it's converted to Lit's format.

Does your font even show up in Lit's preview window? If the programmer did his job right, it shouldn't. Font information is irrelevant; the web page and the browser, between them, should determine what font things appear in.

 

[PennLady]

Does your font even show up in Lit's preview window? If the programmer did his job right, it shouldn't. Font information is irrelevant; the web page and the browser, between them, should determine what font things appear in.

Nope. It turns into Courier in the submission window, then TNR on the preview pages. I'm just trying to help answer the original question.

 

[CarlusMagnus]

Nope. It turns into Courier in the submission window, then TNR on the preview pages.

Yeah—the preview pages should dictate the font they display. It's the submission window I had in mind. I work in a text editor that I have set to display in Courier, and I upload the file directly instead of by cut and past. I never gave the matter much thought, but I guess I expected to see Courier in the submissions window.

I think this does answer what I interpreted the original question as being: It doesn't matter what font you work in. That information either never leaves home or is ignored when it gets to Lit.

 

[roomfor1more]

I have tried using notepad to save my story as a text file and then uploading to Literotica. However, I found that I lost all of my double spacing and spending about an hour to correct all of the display issues from using notepad before submitting to Literotica. Now, I copy and paste onto Literotica. For me, I prefer Times New Roman 12 point font since I find it is the easiest for me to read. However, I do know other people prefer Veranda or Arial. Choosing a font comes down to preference and readability. This means fonts like script, wing-dings, and other exotic fonts should be avoided. Regarding font size, default size should be 12 anything smaller can, for some, be difficult to read and anything larger will take up too much room. My advice would be to stick with the more common readable fonts and use them as 12 point.

 

[sr71plt]

You will lose double spacing whatever method you use to post to Lit. The Lit. format doesn't use double spacing (and there's no reason why you should for Lit. posting, either).

 

[snoopercharmbrights]

... . For me, I prefer Times New Roman 12 point font since I find it is the easiest for me to read. However, I do know other people prefer Veranda or Arial. Choosing a font comes down to preference and readability. This means fonts like script, wing-dings, and other exotic fonts should be avoided. Regarding font size, default size should be 12 anything smaller can, for some, be difficult to read and anything larger will take up too much room. My advice would be to stick with the more common readable fonts and use them as 12 point.

While I agree broadly with what you are saying, that is only on your computer; when you go online to Literotica they will reformat your text the way they want it.