As set out in the style guide, Times New Roman is used as the standard font for all headings, text and citations. This font, or an equivalent replacement, is widely used and widely available. While use of other fonts is discouraged, there may be good reasons to use a different font. The most significant of these is when you wish to represent characters in another language, as Times New Roman has very limited coverage of non-Latin languages.
If you wish to use quotes or word in another language in your manuscript, there are two main options: use a non-standard font to represent the language, or transliterate the appropriate passages. Transliteration is the simplest option, and the preferred one, as it avoids many issues with font licensing, installation and distribution.
When using a non-standard font, you need to be aware of the fact that many fonts have licensing issues associated with them which prohibit their redistribution. That is, without paying a fee we may not be able to redistribute the fonts required to for others to read your manuscript. Please also be aware that some fonts may not be redistributable due to their size, or other practical limitations.
There is a wealth of information available on the web about language fonts.
It is also worth mentioning that Microsoft have begun distributing Unicode fonts (such as Arial Unicode) with some of their products, such as recent versions of Windows and Office. These fonts may become more available in the future, but are currently not available for download, and thus not usable.
If you would like us to add a resource to this list, please email s341780@student.uq.edu.au.
If you really need to use a font other than Times New Roman in your documents for linguistic or other purposes, please provide the editors with information about the font including where it came from and what the associated licensing conditions are.