Wonder why people might not be reading your posts?

I always increase the font size to 12 - occasionally 14 for emphasis.

Lynn,

The "wall of words" are the ones that don't even get a brief glance from me. 

Rich

I do wish they would make default size at least 12pt

Lyn Sims ... as most know, I write the posts ... my marketing assistant wife does the typing and posting.  We agreed a long time ago that mortgage info needed to be offered in small bites ... short paragraphs ... peppered with bold or colorful print when the most important info/links needed to stand out.  

This comes from a guy that's had poor eye vision most of his life ... I know for a fact just how the type, font, and color can make or break what you're viewing ...

Gene

I tend to use mostly size 12 with 14 for emphasis. I try to use bold sparingly, but I like to use it to break things up a bit.

Thanks for sharing this excellent advice. 

Have an outstanding week!

Lyn

thank you for a very educational post, it makes sense.

Times New Roman in small font is a shortcut to the backspace key.  People will NOT read dull-looking, hard to read type.

Lyn Sims - fonts and color are two most important characteristics of ANY writing.

Now, it's easy to say I used 'default' however, that extra efforts help grow readership

I can't stand to land on a wesbite and see the black background with white lettering.  So hard on my eyes.  I like an easy set up and you're right Lyn, if people can't read it (too small) they'll click away!

Interesting. Would be interesting whether AR knows about it. And if yes, is there the reason to keep it this way?

Hi there Lyn - thank you so much for this information. I do use black and white to make it easy - look at most newspapers - and yes, text must be squintproof!

I have been using Dark Blue, I have not checked the font size.  I just assumed it was 12.  Maybe I ought to check.

As it relates to ActiveRain, it may also be that people aren't commenting as much. Looking at the stats section, the average AR blogger may notice that views are down as well. So- maybe the title is also very important.

Thanks, great information on AR, it's nice for everyone to share.

Lyn, I usually use size 12 for my text.  Would be nice if AR would make that the default rather than the smaller size it is now.

When it comes to posting, size does matter and at least a 12 font so it is attractive and easy to read.  Colors are suspect as they change and can be tough for some people to read

Always Preview posts before publishing. This is blogging 101! Great post, thanks for the reminder. 

Lyn Sims -- Making a post readable is extremely important. Beyond font sizes and colors, spacing and size of paragraphs is also quite important. I like to use bullet text, bold and italics to make the copy easier to read.