[Publib] Font size of books

[Julie Bauer]

It's not just the font size, but the font type as
well.  Some are just more legible than others -- you
can test it yourself on Word.

If you want to make yourself really unpopular, you
could suggest the nonprescription reading glasses sold
at drugstores.

Julie Bauer
Loudoun County Public Library
Leesburg, Virginia

--- Phalbe Henriksen <phenriksen at neflin.org> wrote:

> 
> >How can you tell what the font size of the print
> is?
> >
> >Is there a source to find out what type of font is
> in a book?
> 
> I have thought for a long time that the font size
> should be part of 
> the catalog record. I think we're going to start
> labeling the spines 
> of our large print books with the font size, since
> there are several, 
> and I don't think people who read large print need
> the extra 
> stumbling block of having to open every book to see
> if the font is 
> right for them.
> 
> "Regular" print goes as high as 12 point. Anything
> 16 point and above 
> is considered "large print." That leaves 14 point,
> which is actually 
> a nice size for people who are just past reading the
> "regular" print. 
> North Books, in Wickford, Rhode Island, is the only
> publisher I'm 
> familiar with that regularly publishes in 14 point
> font (they publish 
> in 16 point, too). The publish the classics, though,
> not current best-sellers.
> 
> Take a look at the new, larger paperbacks, too.
> They're in a larger 
> font than the other paperbacks. _A dish taken cold_
> by Anne Perry is 
> one of these.
> 
> Phalbe
> 
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> Phalbe Henriksen
> Director
> Bradford County Public Library
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> Starke, FL 32091-3396
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> says, even though she
> never comes to any meetings?" 
> 
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