Choosing a font

There are two basic types of fonts for orthographies based on Roman script:

• Serif fonts
• Sanserif fonts

Here are some guidelines to follow when you choose a font:

• Use sanserif fonts for beginning readers. Sanserif fonts look more similar to the way beginning readers are learning to write.

• Use serif fonts for advanced readers. Serif fonts can help guide the reader's eyes and speed up reading.

• In choosing a font for beginning readers, check to see how the letters a and g are formed.

  

  Tip:	Often they are different from their hand-printed counterparts. You should anticipate the confusion this might cause and do what you can to minimize it.

• Task module: Choosing a font
• In task module: Formatting computer text
• In task module: Formatting printed materials
• In task module: Designing printed materials
• In task module: Producing printed materials, by Anne Klaassens (contributor), Robin Rempel (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (general editor, contributor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), Diane Wroge (contributor), and Adelle R. Walter (illustrator)
• In task module: Developing instructional materials, by Trudy K. Stewart, Leah B. Walter (contributor), and Trudi C. Hunt (contributor)
• In task module: Developing an instructional program, by Kenneth A. Boothe (contributor), Patricia M. Davis (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (general editor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), and Adelle R. Walter (illustrator)
• In task module: Implementing a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
• In modular book: Implement a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler) and Leah B. Walter (compiler)
• In bookshelf: Literacy

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

Page content last modified: 16 February 1999

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