Despite evidence to the contrary, I do actually take notes while in class. Everyone has their own personal notetaking system. Mine relies heavily on several "typefaces" I have used for years.
I usually take notes in outline form. The rigidity of the outline depends largely on the organization of the teacher. Sometimes I indent up to six layers while other times I default to just section headers. Chapters or large sections beginning with a header written in bold, underlined, sans-serif capitals:
Subheadings are normal weight without an underline.
I normally write in cursive because it is fast. Oddly, I can still type faster than I can write by hand.
With all the computer science notes I have to take, I needed a (nearly) monospace font for code samples:
I need the rest of the ASCII characters:
... and even greek for my math notes:
What kind of typefaces do you use when taking notes?