Font size too small?

unco · 11-05-2004, 01:57 AM

what stock is it going onto? this will make a difference ie new gloss vs matt? (matt tends to generate slightly more bleed)

**Kool** · 11-05-2004, 05:28 AM

Silence, here's my guidlines for minimum font size used in a reverse:

Serif font,
Bold - 10 pts
Regular - 12 pts
Light, Narrow, Condensed - 12pts

San Serif font,
Bold - 7 pts
Regular - 8 pts
Light, Narrow, Condensed - 12pts

This assumes the item will be printed on a Heildelberg quality press. If it's being printed on a duplicator (Ryobi, AB Dick T-Head) I wouldn't go any smaller than 12 points with any font. [img]/emoticons/cool.gif[/img]

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Silence04 · 11-05-2004, 08:45 AM

cool thanks kool..

unco, we havn't talked about what stock we're using yet... would a thicker stock allow smaller fonts?

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Post Edited (Silence04) : 11/5/2004 4:53:47 AM GMT

unco · 11-09-2004, 08:10 AM

less to do with thickness and more to do with surface quality like the difference between printing on a metal plate and printing on a sponge - if the stock is matt it tends to be more absorbant and so the ink spreads sideways as opposed to drying while sitting on the surface..

and hard to quantify point sizes as some are big on their body ie high x-height compared to ascender/descender height eg Mrs Eaves appeares 'smaller' compared to Times New Roman even when both set at 12pt

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