Timeline for Small Font Size on Labels, Instructions and User Guides
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| Nov 2, 2016 at 2:21 | comment | added | Mark Read | I have seen a workaround for this issue before where a label can be produced with a perf or gummed section that peels back to reveal more information. this will no doubt increase costs but given the space situation could be a workaround. I suggest talk about the options with your printer and your client. | |
| Nov 1, 2016 at 20:10 | comment | added | ispaany | @user75926 Good to know graphically fonts can print to 2pt and be clear (with a loupe or a microscope perhaps). My question wasn't really about legal though. This has been a standard at my work for years and legal has not been involved and not wanting to go there. It is more about what is acceptable in design. Thanks. | |
| Nov 1, 2016 at 17:12 | comment | added | TCDesigner | While the legality of tiny font size might be up for debate, OP might want to cover his behind by talking with the client/boss about the legality of using tiny print. THAT might help to get text reduced or free up space some other way. Write a follow up email noting that you talked about it so you have proof that you tried. | |
| Nov 1, 2016 at 15:41 | comment | added | q23.us | I've heard sometimes that the "minimum legal point size" is 6 points. That means nothing to me: different fonts show different sized characters at 6 points. If there is such a "law," I'm sure it varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. And the other day in a store I was trying to read a pet-medicine bottle that had text so small, I could not read it at all. It was probably about 3 points. | |
| Nov 1, 2016 at 15:38 | history | answered | q23.us | CC BY-SA 3.0 |