[WEB4LIB] RE: Why do children like big type?

[Valerie Lawrence]

On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Kim Lord wrote:

> I have found too, with kids that are still fairly young but have papers to
> do they seem to think they can get past 
> the page requirement by making the type bigger.  The first time they pass
> in a 2 page paper with 20 font is usually the last time
> it happens though.  (kids around 5 grade or so.)

Grade 5 and on up -- I have seen assignments where professors at the
post-secondary level have had to *specify* that the type font should be no
larger than 12 point. :-P

Val

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