Use Larger Type in Digital Publications
When designing pages for a digital publication, you’ll want to use a font size and leading that’s about 25% greater than you would use in a printed publication.
You may find that a font designed for long blocks of text (a “text font”), is most readable when set at 14/20 (14 point type on 20 points of leading).
Jay Nelson is the editorial director of PlanetQuark.com, and the editor and publisher of Design Tools Monthly. He’s also the author of the QuarkXPress 8 and QuarkXPress 7 training titles at Lynda.com, as well as the training videos Quark includes in the box with QuarkXPress 7 . In addition, Jay writes regularly for Macworld and Photoshop User magazines and speaks at industry events.