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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:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 7 Mar 2008 12:17:47 -0500
"Released to the public through online" is a little broad. Are they
released as PDF files, HTML pages, or Word documents? Do the users print
them or view them on screen? How big is the screen, and do the users
expand the text to fill its width?
In short, how much control do you really have of the font size that the
user sees?
> Subject: Size 10 Font in User Guides Acceptable for Body Text?
> From: "Ronquillo, Michael"
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:45:17 -0500
>
> Is a size 10 font in user guides acceptable for body text? I
> was taught that anything below size 12 is too small. These
> guides are released to the public through online. I personally
> think it's too small and hard on the eyes, but is it alright?
>
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