<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/"> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - How to increase text size of local help files" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107193#c7">Comment # 7</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - How to increase text size of local help files" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107193">bug 107193</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:varia@gtalbot.org" title="Gérard Talbot <varia@gtalbot.org>"> Gérard Talbot</a> <pre>Adolfo, The text size of the help content was indeed too small for me. I think increasing body size to 11pt is most likely still small for a majority of people over 50. Several studies now indicate that the minimum font size for text on the web and on CRT is 16px (12pt). Some studies: Big Type Is Best for Aging Baby Boomers A Case for Universal Graphic Design <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070711190923/http://www.lighthouse.org/accessibility/boomers/">http://web.archive.org/web/20070711190923/http://www.lighthouse.org/accessibility/boomers/</a> " 3. Point Size Type should be large, preferably at least 16 to 18 points, but keep in mind that the relationship between readability and point size differs somewhat among typefaces. " coming from Making Text Legible Designing for People with Partial Sight <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070708133853/http://www.lighthouse.org/accessibility/legible/">http://web.archive.org/web/20070708133853/http://www.lighthouse.org/accessibility/legible/</a> " Flash forward to 2007 and believe it or not, 16px was still considered huge for body text, but by 2011 the mainstream influx of responsive development and larger resolution displays caused designers to consider 16px as a minimum, and we’ve been toiling close to that mark ever since. " coming from Your Body Text Is Too Small Why website body text should be bigger, and ways to optimize it. <a href="https://blog.attackthefront.io/your-body-text-is-too-small-5e02d36dc902">https://blog.attackthefront.io/your-body-text-is-too-small-5e02d36dc902</a> A more recent study: Make it Big! The Effect of Font Size and Line Spacing on Online Readability. <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/mpielot/make-it-big-the-effect-of-font-size-and-line-spacing-on-online-readability-62004998">https://www.slideshare.net/mpielot/make-it-big-the-effect-of-font-size-and-line-spacing-on-online-readability-62004998</a> concludes by suggesting 18pt Also 16 Pixels Font Size: For Body Copy. Anything Less Is A Costly Mistake <a href="https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/16-pixels-body-copy-anything-less-costly-mistake/">https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/16-pixels-body-copy-anything-less-costly-mistake/</a> - - - - - - Whatever the initial body size of help content is or becomes, this bug report is about providing icons and text description somewhere in the interface explaining how to increase and decrease text of content of local helpfiles (with Ctrl++, Ctrl+- or with Ctrl+mousewheel rolling). " With so many different sized monitors around and different resolution settings available, there’s just no way you can guarantee that a visitor will have the same set up as you (or your web designer). Making the font size adjustable based on the visitor’s settings is one way to keep the visitor. " Best Font Size for Web Design Don’t Set the Font Size Too Small! <a href="http://www.webpagemistakes.ca/best-font-size-for-web-design/">http://www.webpagemistakes.ca/best-font-size-for-web-design/</a> The best line length is widely known to be between 50 and 75 characters (including white space). But since the help content pane is flexible-resizable, this is not settable. On the other hand, leading (line spacing) is: best value is 1.5, not 1.0. And we have lots of documentation on readability and line spacing.</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>