What this checker looks at

It reads the actual text, fonts and positions inside your file and runs ten formatting checks in five groups:

Typography

• How many font families your resume uses, and whether the number looks deliberate.
• How many different text sizes appear.

Readability

• The smallest text size - anything under about 9pt can be hard to read in print.
• Long sentences set in ALL CAPITALS.

Alignment

• Whether body lines start at consistent left positions.
• Whether bullet points share one indent.
• Whether dates line up in one column (checked when dates sit on the right side).

Page fit

• Whether text keeps a safe distance from the page edges for printing.

Spacing and hierarchy

• Whether line spacing is steady, and whether lines are cramped or overlapping.
• Whether section headings clearly stand out from body text.

Every finding shows the evidence it was based on. For PDF files, findings can also be marked directly on your page so you can judge them yourself.

How it works

• 1. Choose your file. PDF exported from Word, Google Docs or Canva works best. Word .docx also works, with a few checks limited (see below).
• 2. Read on your device. Your browser reads the file itself - nothing is uploaded.
• 3. Review the findings. Each check explains what it saw and suggests what to look at. Then open the design score for the full points breakdown.

What this checker cannot judge

Honest limits matter more than a confident number:

• Taste. It measures consistency, not whether a design is beautiful. Deliberate choices - a second font, a sidebar, centred lines - can be perfectly good design.
• Content. It cannot tell whether your experience, wording or achievements are strong. For that, try our resume content checklist.
• ATS and hiring. This is not an ATS scan and cannot predict whether an employer will shortlist you. No tool can promise that.
• Word files. A .docx does not fix exact page positions, so date alignment and true line length cannot be measured there - those checks show "Cannot tell" and are excluded from your score. Export to PDF for the full check.
• Scans. A scanned or photographed resume is an image to a computer. The checker will say it cannot read the file instead of guessing.

Supported files

• PDF - best choice, when exported from an editor (Word, Google Docs, Canva). All ten checks run.
• Word .docx - most checks run; position-based checks show "Cannot tell".
• Old .doc - open it and save as PDF or .docx first.
• Google Docs - use File → Download → PDF Document (.pdf), then upload that file.
• Scans and photos - not readable; recreate the resume in an editor and export a text-based PDF.

Frequently asked questions