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Draws several strings using the font and text colors in a device context. RemoveFontMemResourceEx: Removes a font whose source was embedded in a document from the system font table. RemoveFontResource: Removes the fonts in a file from the system font table. RemoveFontResourceEx: Removes a private or non-enumerable font from the system font table.
The most important objective for your board is to effectively communicate the facts about yourproject. You can only achieve that objective if it's easy to read.
Over the years, expert newspapereditors, as well as advertisers (Ogilvy 1983, 90) have formulated many rules of thumb forreadability that we have translated for use on science project display boards. Use a font size of at least 16 points for your main body text. Anythingsmaller is too hard to read.
(See the following tables for more information on text size.). Stick with traditional fonts like Arial, Times New Roman,or similar typefaces. Use italics or bold for emphasis, not for all your text. Don't place your text on top of a picture; that makes it difficult toread.
Don't use ALL CAPS; THEY ARE MUCH HARDER TO READ. Don't use reverse type (white text on a dark background).It is hard to read. Use black characters on a white (or pastel) background.
ItemFont Size (points)CommentsTitle150+You want your title to be visible from across a room!Headings32+Should be easily readable from 5 feet away by someone just walking by.Subheadings20+This text is smaller than headings, but more noticeable than main text size.Main Body Text16 – 18This is a comfortable text size for someone who comes closer to read more.Captions12 – 16It's OK to make these a bit smaller than the body text if necessary.Suggestions for Posters Where Close Approach Is Not Possible. ItemFont Size (points)CommentsTitle150+You want your title to be visible from across a room!Headings48Should be easily readable for anyone walking nearby.Subheadings36This text should be readable from at least 5 feet away.Main Body Text32This is a comfortable text size for someone reading from a distance of 5 feet (7.5 m).Captions24 – 32It's OK to make these a bit smaller than the body text if necessary.The font size suggestions have their root in the optimum size of text for a book.
To havesimilar legibility at different distances, we want the angle between the top and bottom of acharacter, as measured from the eye, to be the same. Using similar triangles (with vertices at thetop of the character, the bottom of the character, and the eye), you can show that if you doublethe reading distance; you must double the height of the character to have the same angle at theeye.
Reading Distance and Font Size. Reading DistanceMinimum Comfortable Font SizeComments1.2 feet0.35 m8 pointsThis is the typical reading distance for a book.
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Most people prefer text to be 10, 11, or 12points at this distance.2.4 feet0.7 m16 pointsThis is the closest comfortable distance for reading a large poster.5.0 feet1.5 m32 pointsIn many settings this is as close as one can get to a poster. Sometimes this is because theposter is roped off, or in other cases, large crowds simply make close approach difficult.25.0 feet7.5 m160 pointsFor almost any setting, you want a title that can be read from at least this far away.Alternatives To Printed Textandare both good alternatives to printing out a project title and headlines. Inthe United States, these are typically measured in inches. We suggest the following sizes:. Letters for project titles should be at least 2 inches tall. Letters for headlines should be at least 1 inch tall.Black & WhitePoster LettersJumboGlitter GlueLarge repositionable and stenciled letters are good alternatives to printed text for scienceproject display board titles and headlines.Ogilvy, David. Ogilvy on Advertising.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983.