Do you ever get those e-mails from people who have all kinds of colorful and decorative fonts and styles built in to their e-mail text style?
The worst is when you reply to their e-mail, your fonts/colors/styles then automatically mirror theirs. I don’t know….I like to stick with the good-old standard Times New Roman 12 (sometimes my replies and forwards default to something like Arial, which is fine too).
Some people like their forwards and replies to be a color that isn’t black, and I understand why, especially when those back-and-forth threads go on and on. But the magenta and bold Comic Sans? My kids may use those looks with their friends, but looks weird in business communications, in my humble opinion.
I’m a stickler for consistency and for not needlessly inserting extraneous things — note, I said needlessly. Everything has its place and its role…just keep lavender (which is so hard to read anyway!) and neon green to yourself and your friends.
Just like there is no crying in baseball, I think we should keep the cute out of business. Keep it simple, right?
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