Re: RE: best body text font size?

Hi Brett,

I'm really not picking on you... there's more to this "description," than
meets the eye (oops! --no pun, really! :) ), and tomorrow, when I'm fresh,
and have a few minutes to think, I will compose something that defines my
thoughts on the matter. Your post was only a catalyst, so please don't take
my fire personally.

Contrary to what some here think, I didn't take you the wrong way --I knew
what you meant, but I purposely left "visual disability" off my "list" to
generate thought regarding a term which is becoming universally accepted --a
term that has no integrity, and I'll say a little more tomorrow...

You will have to forgive my tardy reply... my computer has been giving me
some problems, and on the 3rd, it finally had a major system crash --I've
been busy picking up the pieces ever since...

Lauren, who hasn't gotten "spell checker" to work yet...


> Wooooooahhhhhh Geez
>
> Way too take that the wrong way Lauren. Thanks Rebecca for thinking
> about it :)
>
> Obviously I didn't mean that it was definately for every disability.
> I only said "This allows for people with
> disabilities etc."
>
> I did not say it was by any means 100% fullproof or the perfect
> solution or something like that. I simply meant that it is for people
> who do not have perfect vision (or similar). I'm sorry I didn't word
> it correctly. All I meant was that in the Desktop Publishing industry
> it is commonly known that size 12 is the standard for body text. The
> reason for this is in the human eye. It is easier for the eye to read
> size 12 than any other size, just the same as it is easier for it to
> read Serif fonts rather than Sans Serif (in large quantities like
> body text).
>
> In future I think you need to just think about what someone has said
> first before reacting to it. I would never ever intentionally say
> something rude on a list such as this. Sorry for the confusion
>
> Later,
> Brett
>
> ---- Begin Original Message ----
>
> From: Rebecca Campbell <Rebecca.Campbell(at)trustvesta.com>
> Sent: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 09:43:18 -0700
> To: "'Lauren Hanka'" <bluejay(at)starband.net>, hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> Subject: RE: best body text font size?
>
>
> <<and do they need to be a combination of two or more of the above in
> order
> for this to be so? Or is this popular and poorly considered statement
> just
> meant to be insulting?>>
>
> Oh, come on!  It should be clear that, in the context of a font-size
> discussion for web design the diabilities mentioned deal with vision
> impairment.  Just because someone words their sentences in a manner
> that
> requires us to infer meaning (which all of us should be able to do)
> does not
> mean that they were being insensitive or attempting to offend anybody.
>
> If you are looking to take offense, you can (and will) find every
> situation
> offensive.  Seems like a waste of energy to me, though.
>
> Rebecca
> http://www.nerdygirl.com

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