I prefer Verdana font.

[Silver]

Hi,

When I use "Word", I always change every other font to "Verdana" because I think it looks good. Is it idiomatic to say:

I prefer Verdana font.

Much appreciated!

 

[Tegs]

What exactly is it that you are unsure of in this sentence?

 

[Silver]

What exactly is it that you are unsure of in this sentence?

I don't know if "Verdana font" is used by native speakers because "Verdana" is a type of font but I am not sure if "Verdana" or other types of fonts, when they're used, are usually used together. I meant the expression. Should it be "I prefer Verdana" or "I prefer Verdana font" or something totally different. Sorry if I haven't expressed myself clearly.

 

[dojibear]

In that sentence I would include "the", since Verdana is one font.

I prefer the Verdana font.

In some sentences "Verdana" is used without "font", if the meaning (a font) is clear.

 

[lingobingo]

I wouldn’t say it that way. I’d say I prefer Verdana (which is true!). If there was any possibility of whoever I was addressing not knowing that it was a font, then I’d at least add a definite article: the Verdana font / the font Verdana.

cross-posted

 

[LVRBC]

I think it's fine.

 

[anthox]

You are highly unlikely to say “I prefer Verdana” outside of a context in which you are explicitly discussing fonts, so I’d say it would be safe to omit “font” from your assertion.

 

[se16teddy]

Yes, it sounds odd to include the word “font”.
- If the interlocutor knows what Verdana is, he or she knows it is a font.
- If the interlocutor doesn’t knows what Verdana is, you have to explain.

 

[Le Gallois bilingue]

“I prefer using Verdana font” works for me.

 

[dojibear]

Yes, it sounds odd to include the word “font”.
- If the interlocutor knows what Verdana is, he or she knows it is a font.
- If the interlocutor doesn’t knows what Verdana is, you have to explain.

I think "the Verdana font" is enough explanation for a reader to know that "Verdana" is a font.

That's all I know about Verdana: that it's a font.