Thesis font
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My former University regulations stated "The minimum font size should be 11 and a maximum of size 12 for the main text. Appropriate fonts are Arial and Times New Roman." Spacing was to be set to 1.5 or 2 lines. The examination / research guidelaines for your University should have such information explicitly stated.
The specific guidance I received was as follows:
* Times New Roman 12 point was to be used for general text;
* Arial 12 point for figure or table body / content text - I would drop figure or table text down to 11 (or even in rare cases 10) if I had problems with too little space;
For headers, I was told to use:
* Arial Bold 14 point for main chapter headings;
* Arial Bold 12 point for main section headings (i.e 2.1, 2.2, etc.);
* Times New Roman Bold Italic 12 point for lower level section headings (i.e. 2.3.1, 2.3.2 or 2.3.2.1, 2.3.2.2, etc.) - I never went beyond a fourth level of header (i.e. 2.3.2.1 or 2.3.2.2);
* For Table or Figure Headers (not body / content - see above), Time New Roman Bold 12 point (not italicised).
The Thesis front sheet was in either Arial or Times New Roman 24. I opted for Times New Roman.
I was also told never to use more than two fonts, thus I stuck to the Times New Roman / Arial guidelines I was given above.
Tempting would have been to use Old English Text throughout. :-)
Ian (Mackem_Beefy)
