Out of the Blue: Font Preferences

[Anna]

Please indicate the font you'd like the text of Out of the Blue to be in.

[Hope]

While I have voted, I know that we have two members with visual issues. If one font or another is markedly easier for them to read, I would prefer we go with that.

My bifocals and I are also wondering if we might have a font SIZE above tiny?

[Anna]

I was thinking 11, but we can up that to 12, if preferred. Page count is not an issue. Clarity is!

[Deb]

I really don't care what font we use as large as it is large enough to read. Even with my glasses some print is difficult to see.

[Anna]

Deb, what size is too small for you? I tend to default to 11pt, zines used to be printed (as far as I know) as 10pt., but Word defaults to 12pt.

Also, the online zine is easily customizable for viewing. You can always zoom in. But if you plan to print the zine to read (as I do, so the full art effect can be appreciated), then I want to make sure we print at a easily read size. I need to publish at that size so y'all don't have to resize the font and muck up the layout and graphics...

[Trini]

From a publishing standpoint, serif fonts (like TNR) scan more easily, which is why they are most widely read. Personally, I think 12 point is most comfortable with TNR. (When I submit a ms in TNR, I bump it up to 14 points, which looks huge to me, but makes it easier on editor's tired eyes. Which is immaterial here, and I'm just rambling now.*) Rounder founds like Garamond and Arial, 11 points isn't bad. But since page space isn't an issue, I vote for 12 point whatever font you use.

But all that aside, I'm with Hope. Go with what's easiest for the people who have visual issues.

*And yes, I am incapable of giving a short opinion on anything.

[Chantal]

12pt. type in Times New Roman is good for me. 14's even better, but that begins to get obnoxious for people who can see well.