Re: 10 pt vs 12 pt

[John Fleming <johntwrl -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

I guess my first question is, "Who is the reader?"

If the document in question is intended for older folk looking at
trading up their bifocals for a more powerful version, I'd really push
the larger point size.  Screw the aesthetics.

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:17:29 -0800 (PST), while chained to a desk in the
scriptorium, jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com (John Posada) wrote:

> $Hi, guys...I'm having a "discussion" with my manager over some style
> $conventions.
> $
> $First...body text must be Times New Roman.
> $
> $With that said, how does anyone feel about going to 10pt for the body
> $text vs 12 point.
> $
> $I prefer 12 pt for readability (hey...I'm 51 tomorrow and the
> $eyeballs ain't what they used to be) and he prefers 10 pt for it's
> $layout aesthetics.
> $
> $Does anyone have any issue on reading one or the other? Does anyone
> $know of any studies that address one over the other?
> $
> $Thanks
> $
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