Minimum type size standards
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- alnove
Anyone know if there is any reference / sites detailing minimum type sizing for printed material, accessability wise.
Some people are saying 12pt but im not sure if thats just web based. Needs to be UK / European based.
Cheers
- blaw0
on screen i don't go lower than 10.
for print it depends upon the typeface. set it, print it out... if it's legible, good deal.
- Concrete0
5pt for legal stuff
- designerror0
make that 2pt
- REALLY_REAL0
Small type is so 2002.
- UndoUndo0
I doubt there is a minimum 'size' as it depends on teh type face - i have some screen fonts that look tiny at 16pt.
- Baskerville0
the RNIB have these guidlines for printed material:
http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/gr…
if you're designing for the hard of sight then obviously the type needs to be pretty large. Otherwise it depends on the typeface and how large its x-height is.
12pt is pretty big for print work, body copy is usually between 10 and 8pt
I find it funny that some people will look at a piece of design and complain the type is too small but that same person won't have any trouble reading a newspaper which will probably have smaller type
- moth0
"make the font bigger" went the cries of clients, fleeting moments from whence they shall be slain!
- bklyndroobeki0
When putting a footnote in a report, what size(s) type might be best to use. 7.9...
What's the standard?
- pango0
12 is too big for body
- Printpango
- I agree. Although depending on job.bklyndroobeki
- monNom0
Depends on the print medium. Silkscreen onto vinyl is going to be different from web-press on newsprint, which is going to be different than offset printing.
FWIW, I worked at a yellow-pages long ago. Their guidlines were minimum type size: 6pt, with 8pt for reversed out type.
- It's similar to an Annual Report
Print job on a 8x10. 6pt/7pt?bklyndroobeki - won't beable to get to a printer til Wedbklyndroobeki
- It's similar to an Annual Report