Book Design and Imaging

Font Size

I’m just using Georgia font throughout my document for lack of imagination, but I have no idea how to size the font. I settled on 14 pt but will that look small or large when finally printed?

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Posted by
MichelleCamo
Dec 14, 2011 3:45pm PDT
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MichelleCamo
 

Personally I think that 14pt would be too large for bodies of text, I tend to go for 11, but it is very personal and there have been quite a few threads in the forums on font size, a search of the forums would lead you to those.  . But to give you a starter have a read of this one

…..Tony

Posted by
tfrankland
Dec 15, 2011 1:30am PDT
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tfrankland
 

Thanks for the advice Tony.

I’m going to reduce to 11 or 12.

Posted by
MichelleCamo
Dec 15, 2011 9:19am PDT
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MichelleCamo
 

I used Times at size 12 which looked good when I was putting the book together — but I should have used 11 or even 10 for a more professional look.

 Size 12 does look slightly kid`s-bookish…

But overall I`m very happy with my book which has a very nice finish and quality about it. Great printers this time around.

Posted by
kaleidobooks
Dec 16, 2011 8:13am PDT
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