RE: Typeface for Callout Boxes

Subject: RE: Typeface for Callout Boxes
From: cchris -at- toptechwriter -dot- us
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 10:32:03 -0700


Hi Wallace,

The tradition for manuals in the US is serif for body text and sans-serif
for headings and captions. Callouts are usually sans-serif because they
are more readable at smaller font sizes (i.e., Helvetica at 9 point is as
readable as Garamond is at 11). So you can have smaller callouts for
cleaner looking graphics without sacrificing readablilty.

Chris
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> What is the conventional wisdom regarding typefaces for callout boxes?
> Should the callout box typeface differ from that used for the text? We
> use Times New Roman as the default text typeface. When callout boxes or
> text boxes are interspersed in the text, no rule governs whether the
> typeface within that box remains TNR, or is something else, perhaps a
> sans serif typeface such as Arial. =20
>
> It seems to me that recognition and readability are heightened when a
> different typeface appears in a callout box. And if any of you follow
> this practice, what typefaces do you use? Thank you most kindly for any
> suggestions.=20
>
> Wallace=20

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