Hollow Bullets - Your Thoughts?

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

David Dubin wondered: <<Another issue on which I would like your input 
is the use of hollow bullet symbols in curriculum documentation. What 
do you think about the use of hollow bullets and why?>>

The major drawback to hollow bullets is that they are not as prominent 
as their "solid" equivalents, which makes them stand out less on the 
page. Since the role of a bullet is primarily to attract attention and 
identify elements of a list (while visually separating the graphical 
bullet from the actual content), this weakens the effectiveness of 
hollows compared with solids.

An additional problem occurs with bullets that resemble letters of the 
alphabet or numbers; that's particularly bad for "o" and "O" bullets. 
In such a case, you need additional space between the bullet and the 
first character of text after the tab that separates them. With tight 
spacing, it's easy to misread the bullet as a letter or number.

Are these problems deal-breakers? Maybe, but probably not. Nobody will 
ever fail to understand the meaning, but this kind of misinterpretation 
is an avoidable speedbump; since we can avoid it, we should.

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(try geoffhart -at- mac -dot- com if you don't get a reply)
www.geoff-hart.com
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