Re: Text Legibility for Electronic Documentation

Subject: Re: Text Legibility for Electronic Documentation
From: Stephen Forrest <forrest -at- SMTP -dot- SHIMADZU -dot- COM>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 10:53:31 EST

> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 21:07:04 +0000
> From: Diane Burke <dburke -at- RIGEL -dot- TYDAC -dot- COM>

> With the advent of more and more on-line/electronic documentation
> (HTML, PDF), I am interested in learning more about text legibility
> rules for on-screen documentation (text font, size, colour, etc.).
>
> Is anyone aware of rules, research, or suggestions that
> make on-screen documentation easier to read and to understand.

Try the Yale C/AIM WWW Style Manual.
http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/StyleManual_Top.html

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