Re: Font Choices

[John David Hickey <jdavid -at- FARABI -dot- COM>]

Greetings!

> What font formats (font, size, effects, etc.)  do you use for body text? =
> headings? chapter titles? call-outs?  on-screen text? How many different =
> fonts are you using on a page?

I usually only use two types of fonts in a document. I find if you use too
many fonts, the reader's eye doesn't know where to go. I just layed out a
publicity flyer for a local storyteller and we had a long discussion on the
number of fonts she used in her previous flyers (she had a different font
for each line, and some pretty wild ones at that). I managed to talk her
down to three fonts, although two were similar.

But I digress...

For Body Text, I use either Times Roman or Book Antigua for the bulk of the
text. To highlight terms or GUI item names, I apply a character style of
Bold Arial.

For Chapter titles, I use varying sizes of Serif (Times Roman/Book Antigua)
or Sans-Serif (Arial).

My rule of thumb for using Serif or Sans Serif fonts is:
        * If there's a lot of text, go Serif.
        * If it's only a bit of text (like a title or a term), go Sans Serif.

Of course, all that change if you're talking online documentation. But I
think you were referring to printed docs, right?

--
Be seeing you,

Dave
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