# Acceptable fonts - APA (7th edition)
Source: [Publication manual of the American Psychological Association, 2020, p. 44](Publication%20manual%20of%20the%20American%20Psychological%20Association.md)
Stick to one of the following fonts (and font sizes) throughout your text:
- sans serif font: 11-point Calibri, 11-point Arial, or 10-point Lucida Sans Unicode or
- serif font: 12-point Times New Roman, 11-point Georgia, or normal 10-point Computer Modern.
Other fonts may be used under the following circumstances:
- Within figure images, use a sans serif font with a type size between 8 and 14 points.
- When presenting computer code, use a monospace font, such as 10-point Lucida Console or 10-point Courier New.
- When presenting a footnote in a page footer, the default footnote settings of your word-processing program are acceptable (e.g., 10-point font with single line spacing).