atw: Re: Web Text Line Length and Par Length
- From: "Warren Lewington" <wjlewington@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:25:45 +1000
Hi Matthew.
Here are some guidelines I use when writing for audiences that may have
English as a second language:
One idea, one sentence.
Keep each sentence as short as possible.
Don't shorten anything - so always use: do not, must not, can not, etc.
Oh, plurals can also be an issue too.
Verdana is a nice font to use and 10 point will be okay... Red logo's. That
makes it hard.
Paragraphs for online help I generally don't allow to become large, and
again, I try and separate particular subjects into paragraphs.
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matthew da Silva
Sent: Thursday, 30 August 2007 12:49
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Subject: atw: Re: Web Text Line Length and Par Length
I guess this is possible but most users are students, so it's probably not a
big issue. A few of them may have bad eyes. We do get a lot of international
students, though.
In functionality terms, this is enabled.
Matthew da Silva
Technical Writer
Communications and Training Team
Application Services Group
Information and Communications Technology
Room 348, Services Building G12, 353 Abercrombie Street, The University of
Sydney, NSW, 2006
Tel: +61 2 9036 9091 Mob: 0434 536 772
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Lewis
Sent: Thursday, 30 August 2007 12:29 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Web Text Line Length and Par Length
Matthew,
You haven't told us what tools you are using. How are you planning to
prevent the user from changing the displayed size of the type, and is the
"corporate red" heading colour going to come out right on all screens?
All the online delivery methods I'm familiar with give the viewer the
ability to change those, not to mention the window size.
Michael Lewis
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Department of Linguistics
Macquarie University
Tel (02) 9850 7856
mailto:michael.lewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>> "Matthew da Silva" <mdasilva@xxxxxxxxxxx> 2007-08-30 08:11:30 >>>
Hi all,
I'm interested in knowing what you think optimal for online text
presentation:
* Length of line
* Max tolerable number of words per sentence
* Max tolerable number of lines in a paragraph
E.g.
* Is a typical 'blog line' the best or can we tolerate the line
length used by the SMH?
* Is 17 to 24 words the best number per sentence?
* Do you think (as I do) that more than four lines in a
paragraph are too much?
Non-negotiable:
* Font is Verdana and size is 10 point
* Font colour is black
* Heading colour is the corporate red
Please send me your thoughts!
Matthew da Silva
Technical Writer
Communications and Training Team
Application Services Group
Information and Communications Technology
Room 348, Services Building G12, 353 Abercrombie Street, The University of
Sydney, NSW, 2006
Tel: +61 2 9036 9091 Mob: 0434 536 772
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