Preferred Line Spacing

[PhilMaznyk]

Hello folks, I have a small publication that curently uses 2 columns layed
out on 8.5x11 pages. The columns are spaced at .167 in the middle which seems
to work good however for line spacing I have it set 1.29sp. This seems to
leave a bit too much gap between the sentences. My question, is there a
preferred gap or industry standard so to speak? Your comments would be
aprpeciated. I am using Century font at 10 point for text. Thanks.

Phil.

 

[Mary Sauer]

There are many good articles on the Web that talks about fonts and sizes.
This is a particular good one
http://www.fontshop.com/features/fontmag/002/02_news/
and this
NEWSPAPER FONTS
Building an Effective Press Test
https://fontbureau.com/newspaper/presstest/

This is from http://www.rubicon.ca/

Newspaper Fonts are serif fonts designed for
setting newspapers. They are intended for long
passages of text set at 8-1/2 points, in narrow
columns, with tight linespacing, on poor quality
paper. Try Gisborne or Essex.

And if you just want a lot of links
http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001Au

 

[PhilMaznyk]

Thank you Mary.

Phil.

There are many good articles on the Web that talks about fonts and sizes.
This is a particular good one
http://www.fontshop.com/features/fontmag/002/02_news/
and this
NEWSPAPER FONTS
Building an Effective Press Test
https://fontbureau.com/newspaper/presstest/

This is from http://www.rubicon.ca/

Newspaper Fonts are serif fonts designed for
setting newspapers. They are intended for long
passages of text set at 8-1/2 points, in narrow
columns, with tight linespacing, on poor quality
paper. Try Gisborne or Essex.

And if you just want a lot of links
http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001Au

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