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HTH On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 9:14 AM, shuttie27 <[email protected]> wrote: > I have no strong views on the use of sans-serif as opposed to serif fonts, > though i prefer sans for headings and serif for body text (but not Times, I > must say - it was designed for absorbent newsprint). It used to be said > that serif fonts are easier to read, but I believe that wisdom has been > debunked long since. It would be important, if using two fonts of the same > type, that they are not similar to one another, otherwise you will > conference the reader. > On these and similar questions, I recommend "The Non-Designer's Design > Book" by (the other) Robin Williams. That and the companion "Non-Designer's > Type Book" are great sources of wisdom, and an entertaining read. > Regards,Roger > > > > > Sent from my tablet. > -------- Original message --------From: Tammy Van Boening < > [email protected]> Date: 26/01/2017 14:58 (GMT+00:00) To: > [email protected] Subject: [Framers] OT: General writing > question > All, > > I know that this list is for Framemaker-related questions, but that means > we > are all writers on this list, so I wanted to post a general writing style > question to the multitudes of gurus that I can reach as a result. . . > > Since the cows have come home, I have always, and I mean always, used Times > or another serif font for body text and san serif for headings and I know > that this is considered the "norm" or "standard" for tech. docs. That said, > this new client is also insistent on using sans serif fonts for both > headings and text and it isn't pretty when you're trying to read this > manual. > > Does anyone have any hard references/links to sites that you could point me > to that stipulate why this is the norm/standard for writing manuals? Right > now, my client considers everything that I offered as an explanation as > simply anecdotal and not worthy of consideration. > > Yea, I am about to punt. . . . > > Thanks, > > TVB > > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/fr > amers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/li > stinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to [email protected] > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/fr > amers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/li > stinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to [email protected] Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]
