What is the average pixel size for human writing?

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While creating a form in .pdf format it occurred to me that I did not know or see where to get stats on what the average human pt or px size is for writing. Typically I would just design what appeared to look good for the design and I didn’t find anything after my search. Could the average pixel size be typically what Word uses as a default 11 pixels or is that program specific? So my question is what do you consider as the average pixel or point size for human writing in form design?

Answer

Instead of looking at this from the perspective of the person writing in the form, I would look at it from the perspective of the person reading the form. What is the expectation they have from the legibility of handwriting. What allows the reader the easiest access of information?

Obviously that’s not the most concrete of answers so I’ll put some real data in this answer as well. There are different standards for countries when it comes to ruled paper. Typical Medium (College) Ruled spaces are 9/32 of an inch. Converted to points – this is 20.25 points. So I’d say Scott is roughly spot on with his assessment.

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Source : Link , Question Author : DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ , Answer Author : Adam Schuld

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