: Re: What's a clear way to simulate web text in a story? My novel includes excerpts of things like text from websites, tweets, and internet chats. I'm using Courier for the main novel font. Does

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Definitely avoid sans-serif fronts in print, except perhaps for headings.

Indentation is probably the best idea, as others have suggested.

If you want to differentiate even more from other text, then perhaps try changing the font like this. Since your manuscript is written in Courier, then choose a serif font like Times New Roman for the emails, newspaper clippings, website etc.

That way, the change is quite noticeable, but not so distracting as to be unpleasant.

I wouldn't recommend using italics if they're long texts, because it could be tedious to read, plus you have the problem that, if you decide to use italics for a character's unspoken inner thoughts/thinking process, the reader may think you're referencing a quote from an email.

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