Re: Fonts and Margins in Technical Documents

Subject: Re: Fonts and Margins in Technical Documents
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 10:53:58 -0800

Steve Lefevers wrote:

In the real business world, what Fonts and Margins do you use in Technical
Documents as a general rule of thumb?

Many people use standard fonts such as Arial, Helvetica, and Times Roman, at 10 or 12 points, because those are the defaults in the software and operating system that they're using.


Otherwise, it's impossible to generalize about typography for documentation. All sorts of factors are involved, including the size of the printed page, the type of binding to be used, whether it's going to be used on-line as well, and the company's image.

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Fonts and Margins in Technical Documents: From: Steve Lefevers

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