I commonly switch back and forth from basic Arial and Verdana. Every now and then I use Trebuchet. I'm big time anti-Georgia.

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we mostly use arial, mostly like you said because we've also had a hard time finding cool and readable fonts.

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This is interesting. I've seen similar posts about this lately. I would agree with Chris there. However, we use Verdana as the standard. Ironically, I just saw a post saying NEVER use free fonts. There's a reason they're free Invest and buy! Haha.

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I don't have a specific favorite. Most people seem to use san-serif fonts… but studies have shown that people read serif fonts easier. I favor the ancient-modern look on projection slides. Images like Stain Glass windows, vintage books, or just a black background with a serif font like "Book Antiqua."

P.S. Check out this URL if you don't know what I'm talking about with serif & san-serif fonts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serif

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we're in a century gothic phase for sermon notes (unless the message theme graphics just beg for something else)…

for lyrics we use arial bold.

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Lately I've gone mostly to Myriad Pro and Myriad Pro Condensed (sometimes bold, sometimes not), depending on the number of words needed per slide.

I'm curious… Do you guys typically do two lines of text at a time? I tend to put at least four lines on a screen on purpose, mainly because people can see what's coming up, and if the video operator du jour happens to be slow on advancing the screens, there's less of a hazard.

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Wow, thanks for all the comments everyone. I'm sorry I've been so slow to respond.

I'm giving Trebuchet MS a try this week. I'm not trying to be too trendy, but I felt it was time for a change. The x-height is a bit larger on Trebuchet than on Arial, so I'm not sure yet if that's a good or bad thing.

I will likely keep this list you guys gave handy and try out some of the others in the near future.

@Dean: I typically do 4 lines at a time, pretty much for the reasons you gave. Two lines per screen is sometimes asking my techs to go way to fast on the faster songs. Also, we use Sunday Plus, and it tends to get a bit confusing with too many screens of text.

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