007 Still A Secret?

This months question comes from Bill Mitzel, risk control specialist for Unigard Insurance Services Group in Bellevue, Wash.

Q. As far as giving guidance on the character, or font, size on the screen, you noted, "follow the 007 rule" (see NU, Agency Technology on the Cutting Edge, March 10, 2003, page 29). Can you give us any more information on who adopted this rule, it's ergonomic/medical backing, etc? Size of text comes up quite often in completing ergonomic workstation assessments.

A: Tom Albin, professional ergonomist with Auburn Engineers Inc., headquartered in Auburn, Ala. (Website: www.ergopage.com), an ergonomics consulting firm had this to say:

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