Good value for kerning size

[Joel Parker]

Hi everyone.

I'd like to turn on kerning by default for all my documents, but I don't
know much about typesetting. What is a good default value for the size
limit?

Right now I have it set at 10pt, so all the body text at the default size
gets kerned. Should I change it to a higher size for just headings?

- Joel

 

[Klaus Linke]

Hi everyone.

I'd like to turn on kerning by default for all my documents, but I don't
know much about typesetting. What is a good default value for the size
limit?

Right now I have it set at 10pt, so all the body text at the default size
gets kerned. Should I change it to a higher size for just headings?

- Joel

Hi Joel,

I'd definitely kern body text (say 8 pt) too. Some people say that very
small text is more readable when not kerned, but OTOH, the "small print" on
products and labels isn't readable (or meant to be readable) anyway? <g>

Klaus