Hi Nick, It depends of course on the target group and the intended purpose of the site. Furthermore it depends on font (serif requires a larger font-size than sans-serif), character set (Arabic requires a larger font-size than Latin) and contrast between text and background.
As default for a mainstream website I use 0.8em (font-size: small) for a sans-serif font on screen. With the browser set to normal text-size this resembles 13px (about 10pt). As default for a web application or a website that focuses on images I use 0.7em for a sans-serif. This resembles 11px (about 8.25pt) and is also the default size used by the Windows OS. For prints I set the font-size to 10pt for a sans-serif font. Font-sizes are easy to test in a usability test and easy to adjust to the test results. - Yohan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=32812 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
