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General book font size

Posted: 2005-01-17 07:13am
by El Moose Monstero
Quick question, lockable upon answering really, but could someone tell me what the accepted font size for most books is? I'm male and hence no good at judging size. :D

PS - am aware that it does depend on the target audience, larger text for children's books, etc - just assume for a standard adult audience. I did do a google, but I mainly came up with academic standards for A4 size submissions.

Posted: 2005-01-17 07:16am
by Ghost Rider
Why? Since printers autochange it to work for them.

Posted: 2005-01-17 07:19am
by El Moose Monstero
I was just thinking about length really, I've got some stuff which is probably insanely long for a chapter and was wondering how it would look in book format to see if it really is a stupid length and needs splitting.

Posted: 2005-01-17 07:22am
by Ghost Rider
Actually some word programs have an auto changer :D .

Let's see for Word, I believe they put it into 6 point font and change literally how many lines are per page.

Posted: 2005-01-17 07:27am
by El Moose Monstero
:shock: 6? Christ... guess I won't worry too much about length then. :D Although I think I might still look at splitting, seems to be turning into a marathon session. Now I know how Stravo must feel. :D