Legible and Attractive Stay with the Times New Roman, Verdana or courier. The font size for the content would be between 11 and 12 and for headers it could be 12 or 14, Leave a margin of 1 1/2” to left and right. The content should be in black, highlighting headers with dark gray or deep navy blue. Bold and words in italics should be sparingly used. Final Formatting Checks the job posting requirements to be sure you are submitting your Résumé in the prescribed format through email, postal mail (hard copy) or fax. Most commonly used format is Microsoft Word. A filename should be given for your Résumé.