Re: Manual non-standard font question

Subject: Re: Manual non-standard font question
From: Richard Mateosian <srm -at- CYBERPASS -dot- NET>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 15:42:03 -0800

>IBM did some readability studies some years ago and found that heavy use of
>acronyms (in all caps) on the page reduced comprehension. They mandated
>that all acronyms be done using small caps, which effectively blended the
>acronym nicely into surrounding text.

I did a manual in FrameMaker using that convention. It was a lot of work.
...RM

Richard Mateosian <srm -at- cyberpass -dot- net> Berkeley, CA
Review Editor, IEEE Micro

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