About ten minutes ago, I got an e-mail notification from the IET Shop that 'The Big Orange Book' has been dispatched and is on its way to me . . . 
About ten minutes ago, I got an e-mail notification from the IET Shop that 'The Big Orange Book' has been dispatched and is on its way to me . . .
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This issue has been raised.
Nor do I like the format, I prefer the text being displayed as per the printed book
This is an interesting discussion point. BS 7671 has, for as long as I've been a scholar of it, been printed in Times New Roman (or a similar font).
That kind of font, I'm led to understand, is not good for readability, for example if one is dyslexic. So the ability to present the standard in a way that improves readability is, quite possibly, a great improvement?
That kind of font, I'm led to understand, is not good for readability, for example if one is dyslexic.
Not if you are north of the border - scroll about half way down under "Typeface". It is well-established that dyslexia is not a visual problem.
I think that it is all about fashion - TNR used to be the preferred font for newspapers (obviously) and official documents. Now sans-serif fonts are dominant. The problem for me is distinguishing between lower case lima and upper case india (lI) as opposed to (lI).
That kind of font, I'm led to understand, is not good for readability, for example if one is dyslexic.
Not if you are north of the border - scroll about half way down under "Typeface". It is well-established that dyslexia is not a visual problem.
I think that it is all about fashion - TNR used to be the preferred font for newspapers (obviously) and official documents. Now sans-serif fonts are dominant. The problem for me is distinguishing between lower case lima and upper case india (lI) as opposed to (lI).
Now sans-serif fonts are dominant.
Agh, the business pretty, rounded characters, block aligned, all 'design', no content, style...
'1Il' and 'O0' confusions (and that's just ASCII, never mind Unicode look-alikes)
Not if you are north of the border - scroll about half way down under "Typeface". It is well-established that dyslexia is not a visual problem.
I think that it is all about fashion - TNR used to be the preferred font for newspapers (obviously) and official documents. Now sans-serif fonts are dominant. The problem for me is distinguishing between lower case lima and upper case india (lI) as opposed to (lI).
I don't quite read it the same. Yes, it says fonts aren't the whole story, but then under 'typeface' goes on to provide good practice to selecting and using 'more suitable' fonts ...
There's this too: www.dyslexiauk.co.uk/.../
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