When setting up character styles:
▪Create as few character styles as possible. Users aren’t able to distinguish among more than 3 or 4 distinct visual styles (see also Use clear and simple design).
▪Create styles only for tagging particular types of information (see Create styles semantically).
▪When possible, define styles that adhere to general conventions so that readers don’t have to learn a new meaning of a known style. For example, it’s most common to use:
▪bold font style for controls
▪underlined text for hyperlinks
▪italic font style for special terms and for emphasis
When applying character styles:
▪Don’t include surrounding spaces and punctuation.
▪Don’t use character styles in headings and subheadings. |
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