[Framers] OT: General writing question

[shuttie27]

I have no strong views on the use of sans-serif as opposed to serif fonts, though i prefer sans for headings and serif for body text (but not Times, I must say  - it was designed for absorbent newsprint). It used to be said that serif fonts are easier to read, but I believe that wisdom has been debunked long since. It would be important, if using two fonts of the same type, that they are not similar to one another, otherwise you will conference the reader.
On these and similar questions, I recommend "The Non-Designer's Design Book" by (the other) Robin Williams. That and the companion "Non-Designer's Type Book" are great sources of wisdom, and an entertaining read.
Regards,Roger




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-------- Original message --------From: Tammy Van Boening <tammyvb at spectrumwritingllc.com> Date: 26/01/2017  14:58  (GMT+00:00) To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: [Framers] OT: General writing question 
All,

I know that this list is for Framemaker-related questions, but that means we
are all writers on this list, so I wanted to post a general writing style
question to the multitudes of gurus that I can reach as a result. . . 

Since the cows have come home, I have always, and I mean always, used Times
or another serif font for body text and san serif for headings and I know
that this is considered the "norm" or "standard" for tech. docs. That said,
this new client is also insistent on using sans serif fonts for both
headings and text and it isn't pretty when you're trying to read this
manual.

Does anyone have any hard references/links to sites that you could point me
to that stipulate why this is the norm/standard for writing manuals?  Right
now, my client considers everything that I offered as an explanation as
simply anecdotal and not worthy of consideration.

Yea, I am about to punt. . . .

Thanks,

TVB


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