Some interesting threads-within-threads here.

While I certainly don't have the performance experience that many here have, here is my $0.02---------

Regarding paper/fonts/etc

-I try keep all my songs and arrangement notes electronically, sometimes as scanned .jpegs but usually as MSWord files on my Desktop. I can trf to Pocket PC if needed (don't do much of that).

-I keep the hardcopy of most of these in 3 ring binders on cheap 8.5x11 inch stock. This way it's easy to hit "Print" from my Desktop and use a 3 hole punch - though I am up to several binders now.... I have used mostly 10 Point Arial as a typefont since it is fairly clear and easy to read even in relatively dim light- BUT I am changing to Courier, since most Courier fonts seem to keep guitar chords (line above) and lyrics in the correct places when you change type sizes, if you bold something or if you email it. It's just annoying to have to change those.

Re Performance
-I was taught, and have come to agree, that the song just doesn't SOUND the same if you read it off paper when you sing it. If you must read it, you cannot get as "inside the song" and hence you cannot deliver as good as performance as you are capable of (no matter what your skill level. [Same goes for tunes, I think but I am not primarily a tunes player so I cannot say for certain.] As for glancing at notes, well, I guess if you must, you must. Personally, I will always prefer seeing somebody perform without paper.

-Rutger