I know that there was a discussion on this list a while back, but I'd love to get a more recent update as to what people feel is the best 'standard' font size for an average audience. We are currently in a bit of a debate with a client about their 'standard' font size.
Their guidelines dictate using 14px Arial / 13px Verdana for content, which we feel is too large. We feel that a 12px Arial / 11px Verdana standard is more reasonable to most users (in essence, using the 75% base font adjustment from the browser standards and then using ems from that point forward). I've done some research of different usability sites and found that MOST agree that a standard of 75%/0.8em/12px seem to be the best size, but it is by no means unanimous. But I trust the opinions here to help me prove my point or theirs. P.S. We do use font-sizers on all of our sites, and they run at settings of 1.0/1.2/1.5em (effectively 12px, 14px, 18px), which I think takes care of the normal gamut of needs; in my opinion, most users who need a font size larger than that already know how to get it and don't need us to intervene. ________________________________________________________________ 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
