[Framers] OT: General writing question

[Peter Gold]

Have you searched the archives at Techwr-L
<https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwiAq-OamODRAhVB32MKHYzPDz4QFggcMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.techwr-l.com%2F&usg=AFQjCNEM09fAaicdRMU6HP2284oBxL5zHg&sig2=2gUBic2iJUAjY78zcbtSNQ>,
and posted your questions there?

HTH

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 9:14 AM, shuttie27 <shuttie27 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my tablet.
> -------- 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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