RE: Size 10 Font in User Guides Acceptable for Body Text?

["Ronquillo, Michael" <mronquillo -at- equitrac -dot- com>]

The problem is that there is no company style guide and I am in the
process of making one. However, years and years of documents have
followed the size 10 Minion Pro font. For what it's worth, I was taught
size 12 in school and it's hard on my young mid-20's eyes as it is and
that should be reason enough.

My only concern is that we are breaking consistency issues with years or
previous work, but it's a necessary evil.

And thanks for the correction.

Michael Ronquillo
Technical Writer - Equitrac
1-800-472-9532 x2324
mronquillo -at- equitrac -dot- com

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Michael Ronquillo wrote:

Is a size 10 font ... alright?

**************

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.

Dori Green

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