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From: L Snider
Date: Jul 14, 2017 12:58PM

Hi Joe,

What about a different font? I always advise 12 point and above, but
sometimes you can do a sans serif that is 11 and it looks bigger than let's
say Arial at 12. I am curious to know what you do, because I have been
asked this in the past (specifically for a one page form, and the slightly
larger print size made it 2 pages)...I stick with 12 because as we get
older, larger is better...

It will be interesting to hear what others say about increased cost,
because that is a factor people consider...

Cheers

Lisa

On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 11:49 AM, Krack, Joseph@DSS < <EMAIL REMOVED>
> wrote:

> We (our new accessibility unit) are requiring our state agency to change
> the way they create forms to ensure accessibility. Currently they use font
> sizes down to 8 and 6 on the forms to ensure they fit onto a certain page
> count. I recommended we use our agency standard for print documents (Arial
> 12 - with the ability to go to 11 to have letters fit on one page) on
> forms. So basically no smaller than 11.
>
> This is causing some forms to increase page count, and this is leading to
> increased printing costs. Some forms are 25+ pages now, and with increased
> font size some people in high places are now becoming very interested in
> our new policy.
>
> I'd be interested to know what is the minimum font sizes people in this
> email group use/mandate/allow in your agencies/companies. I want to know
> if demanding 11 point font minimum is a reasonable request or if smaller
> font sizes would be reasonable in the case of forms. I will be going into
> meetings soon to discuss this and just wanted to have some other opinions
> from here to know if this is a hill to die on :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe Krack
> > > > >