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

Subject: RE: Size 10 Font in User Guides Acceptable for Body Text?
From: "Sarah L Blake" <sarah -dot- blake -at- exony -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 16:50:57 -0000

I'd say it depends on the font.

All our user guides are in 10pt Arial, which looks fine to my young
(well, early 30s) eyes. 10pt Times New Roman 'looks' a bit smaller,
though, 10pt Garamond looks more like 8pt Arial, and for some of the
more unusual fonts 10pt is /tiny/.

On the other hand, if you find 10pt Arial hard on the eyes, I may have
to think my font sizing for the sake of those of my users who find the
same...

Sarah

>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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Size 10 Font in User Guides Acceptable for Body Text?: From: Ronquillo, Michael

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