[Flex] FURTHER info re: new NSF font requirements

[Sheila Clifford]

Dear Flexers -

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 */increase/* the line spacing to 1.1 lines. I have 
confirmed with NSF that, indeed, this /will/ /be necessary/ if we choose 
to use Arial, Helvetica or Georgia at 10pnt.
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 
*10.5* pnts, the single-line setting will fit exactly 6 lines of text 
into one vertical inch (see attached PDF). 

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).

Best Regards,
Sheila

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