Formatting Your Paper Paper Formatting Rules, Elements, & Page Order The Rules For help on all aspects of formatting your paper in APA Style, see The Essentials page on the APA Style website. Font: APA recommends you use: sans serif fonts such as 11-point Calibri, 11-point Arial, or 10-point Lucida Sans Unicode, or
APA recommends using either a sans serif font such as 11-point Calibri, 11-point Arial, or 10-point Lucida Sans Unicode, or a serif font such as 12-point Times New Roman, 11-point Georgia, or 10-point Computer Modern.
Font A variety of fonts are permitted in APA Style papers, including the default font of your word-processing program. Font options include the following: sans serif fonts such as 12-point Aptos, 11-point Calibri, 11-point Arial, or 10-point Lucida Sans Unicode
Font Types and Sizes Font types and sizes accepted in APA style papers: Sans serif fonts: 11 point Calibri 11 point Arial 10 point Lucida Sans Unicode Serif fonts: 12 point Times New Roman 11 point Georgia 10 point Computer Modern