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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: CHRISTINE ANAMEIER [mailto:CANAMEIE -at- email -dot- usps -dot- gov]
>> Both the header and footer are sans-serif Arial 11 pt.,
> >> whereas body text is serif Times New Roman 11pt.
> >
> >That might be part of the problem. It sounds like your
> >reviewers turned the page
> >and saw body-sized text, so they thought it was body text.
> >
> >Arial tends to look larger than Times New Roman in a given
> >size. (I don't recall
> >the exact terminology, but maybe one of our typography
> >experts can explain it.
> ><g>) Your 11-point-Arial headers would actually look larger
> >than the body text.
> >To my eye, 11-point Times New Roman and 9-point Arial look
> >roughly equivalent in
> >size. With that combination of fonts, I would probably use
> >8-point Arial for the
> >headers and footers. Maybe something bolder or slightly
> >larger for page numbers.
> >
> >
> >If you decide you need horizontal lines separating the
> >header and footer from
> >the body text, you might try putting them in 50% gray so
> >they're relatively
> >unobtrusive.
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