Questions regardarding user experience implications of font sizes.
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Is there an optimal font size / line height ratio?
When styling text on web pages, both font size and line height can be set. For example, the text of this post will be displayed using a font-size of 14px and a line-height of (about) 18px, set using ...
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Is there a unified font size metric across all applications?
This is not precisely UX related, but very important to user interface design in general. In summary, across applications (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash) and platforms (Browsers, .NET, Mac, ...
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Recommended pixel size for labels for mobile?
In the same way that the minimum tap area for mobile should be 44px according to apples documentation, is there a recommendation for label sizes?
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Should I have a text size widget for accessibility on a charity website?
I'm a developer at a small web agency that works primarily with charities. We tend to put a simple textsize widget on every site (eg. top right on www.embraceme.org). I find myself wondering if that's ...
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“Best practice” font for information heavy web applications
We run a B2B, information dense web application (a helpdesk) and our base font is currently
13px Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif
We've been thinking about using a webfont to improve this. ...
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Usefulness of on-site text resize tools
I'm not sure what to call them, but anyone know of research on the effectiveness of including the ability to resize text onscreen via a buttons/toggle. I mean the "aA" button you still sometimes see ...
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Do you think we should ban 11 pixels font size? [closed]
We know that serif and sans serif can perform equally well, if you choose a body text size above 12 pixels. Below 12 pixels serifed typefaces don’t render sharply enough, but on desktop monitors 12 ...
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Font Size Consistency
How important is font size consistency between pages on a website.
I have a site with about 80 pages, but some have only a few sentences; Is it important to maintain font size on these pages vs ...
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How to check correct font size?
I'm doing UX testing. Wondering is there any way (think of application or javascripts) that I can run on a page and check what the font size of a-tags, p-tags, etc
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When using Verdana, is it common to use Tahoma for headlines? [closed]
So Verdana looks excellent at small sizes. For big sizes like headlines though, is it common to use Tahoma as a replacement, which I hear is a condensed version of Verdana?
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Arial vs Verdana for ecommerce sites [closed]
Struggling to choose between Arial (11px) and Verdana (10px) as screen font for my ecommerce site.
Here are my thoughts:
Arial has that connection to Helvetica. It oozes authority. Most popular ...
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interface suggestions
I have a simple site I'm creating that basically just allows you to set your status as away or available. Super easy and very simple. However, I'm definitely not a UX person and I really struggle at ...
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What are some good font guidelines for headers, paragraphs, etc. that just look really nice?
One thing I find somewhat difficult is getting the various fonts and sizes and weights to look "just right". What are some good guidelines to follow for font sizes, weights and styles when making web ...
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How do I improve the readability of body text?
I always find it hard to judge the readability of my site and there is so much conflicting information out there. So I thought I would ask for some options here. Could you please take a quick look at ...
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Something not quite right with my design [closed]
There's something not quite right here, and I'm not sure what.
Should "Blog" (the title of the page) be bigger? If so, why? It seems too small, yet it's not incredibly important either. Additionally, ...
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Font Size For Mobile Sites?
I am designing a mobile site, and I'm wondering what I should set the font size as. Any suggestions?
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What is the best font for extremely limited space, i.e. will fit the most READABLE text in the smallest space?
I often have very limited space when creating reports and dashboards for users. I usually use Arial, or Arial Narrow, but UI isn't my area of expertise, so I want to know, is there an optimal font for ...
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Should there be a difference in the relative sizes of the buttons in a confirmation dialog?
I understand the idea behind having the more likely to be used action on a page slightly larger or in a different style in order to guide the user to it (for example having a button for save but a ...
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Zoom In / Zoom Out features of latest browsers…an accessibility feature? How does this impact design going forward?
Many of the current browsers will zoom in/out the entire page instead of increasing/decreasing just the font size. This is great because generally it doesn't break the visual design. I'm assuming ...
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Font Size Amender
Is there still any need for a font resizer in web apps?
Modern web browseers easilly allow you to zoom in on content. Older browsers such as IE6 and IE7 require you to change the font size via ...
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Is there an optimal font size?
For most website projects I've been involved with, the font size for the bulk text is usually 12px - 13px, but I'm wondering if this is a good size. I remember reading an article saying that font ...
