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RE: Size 10 Font in User Guides Acceptable for Body Text?
Subject:RE: Size 10 Font in User Guides Acceptable for Body Text? From:"Dori Green" <dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:59:08 -0500
Michael Ronquillo wrote:
Is a size 10 font ... alright?
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No, unless your company style guide says differently. In which case,
the style guide is wrong. I am sometimes ordered to use 8-point type on
forms -- I have not yet succeeded in training everybody to stop stuffing
80 lbs. into a 5-lb. sack. I do it, but I record who insisted (and
when) in the "comments" field of the permanent database record.
And just for the record, "alright" is also not all right.
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