<p>Is it sound to use 12.5 font, 1.5 space, bold, Times New Roman?</p>
<p>Don’t use bold. Beyond that you’re using pretty standard conventions, so there’s no need to change anything unless it could subtract a page of your essay through tweaking. However, for readability’s sake I wouldn’t go smaller than 1.5 spacing.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot!!</p>