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 <tamm...@spectrumwritingllc.com> Date: 26/01/2017 14:58 (GMT+00:00) To: framers@lists.frameusers.com 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 framers@lists.frameusers.com 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 listad...@frameusers.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com 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 listad...@frameusers.com
