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Dear Flexers - <br>
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<font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">One of the proposal formatting rules states:
"No more than 6 lines within a vertical space of 1 inch." However,
when 3 (Arial, Helvetica and Georgia) of the 4 newly required fonts are
used, with 10pnt / single line space settings, a slight bit of a 7th
line of text creeps up into the vertical 1 inch. In order to have a 6
line repeat pattern of an inch or more, we have to <b><i><span
style="font-style: italic;">increase</span></i></b> the line spacing
to 1.1 lines. I have confirmed with NSF that, indeed, this <i>will</i>
<i>be necessary</i> if we choose to use Arial, Helvetica or Georgia at
10pnt.<br>
Therefore, using the 1-page demo of fonts that put together for our
last meeting,
I've determined that if we use Arial, Helvetica, or Georgia at <font
color="#ff0000"><b>10.5</b></font> pnts, the single-line setting will
fit exactly 6 lines of text into one vertical inch (see attached PDF).
<br>
<br>
So - I've told my folks to go no smaller than 10.5, unless they
increase their line spacing (and therefore defeat the whole purpose of
trying to squish more text into the 15 pages).<br>
<br>
Best Regards,<br>
Sheila<br>
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