There is a Font Optimized for Excel
August 18, 2023 - by Bill Jelen
![There is a Font Optimized for Excel There is a Font Optimized for Excel](/img/excel-tips/2023/08/there-is-a-font-optimized-for-excel.jpg)
Problem: I am looking at numbers all day long. Is there a better font?
Strategy: Famous designer Erik Spiekermann released a font called Axel that he designed for on screen use in spreadsheets. Among the benefits of Axel:
- Similar letters are clearly distinguishable. The zero is slashed to differentiate it from a capital O. The 1 has a suitable serif to differentiate it from a lower case L. I would not have to use Ctrl+One if this book were set in Axel!.
- Legible on a monitor.
- Looks good in a PDF or printed. Embeddable in PDF.
- Many fractions, superscripts, subscripts.
![The Axel font has narrow numbers. The zeroes have a slash through them to differentiate them from the letter O.](/img/content/2023/08/LE10Axel.jpg)
This article is an excerpt from Power Excel With MrExcel
Title photo by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash