The people trying to overturn Michigan's souped-up emergency manager law get a hearing before the state Supreme Court tomorrow. They'll try, again, to make the case that the font size on their petitions was the size required by the state. The technicality of fonts and font sizes is complicated enough that the state elections board asked a graphics professor, who told them it was big enough.
Tomorrow, with Michigan's high court, the activists will try again. As you can see from their court brief (pdf) last week, it's complicated:
The distinction between font and typeface is that a font designates a specific member of a type family such as roman, boldface, or italic type, while typeface designates a consistent visual appearance or style which can be a "family" or related set of fonts. For example, a given typeface such as Arial may include roman, bold and italic fonts. In the metal type era, a font also often meant a specific point size, but with digital scalable outline fonts this distinction is no longer valid, as a single font may be scaled to any size.
Try explaining that in oral arguments. The brief also includes a visual comparison of their petition with others that have been approved, below. The activists call their type "crisper, clearer to the eye" than the others.
I added the arrows.
If the high court says the referendum can go forward, the emergency manager law would be frozen. That could call into question Muskegon Heights school district converting to a charter system, and Allen Park being under review for a state takeover, and the Benton Harbor manager selling off park land that's supposed to be set aside. Meanwhile, the activists would have to scramble to get a campaign going -- the vote would be in November.
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Font size should be around 0.1 inch tall to be clearly seen at 2 feet, which is about how far you are from the petition when you sign. Legal font size for contracts is pica (12 point) at 1/6 inch, which is plenty large enough to be read clearly by anyone that can legally drive a car or sign a contract.
Road signs and freeways signs use a rule of 1 inch for each 20 feet distance.
Every teacher knows this rule because they have to write big enough on the blackboard for the people to see from the back of the classroom. Same rule for copies.
The font in the picture of the petition is larger than the "legal" font size required for binding contracts.
Someone needs to grow up and move on.
I'm a teacher. I don't know this rule. I write, then ask the people in the back if it's large enough. After a couple times, you figure out what works. :)
jupiter, and how many times do you have to do this? Is it every class, every year, every time you approach the blackboard? Isn't this something taught in school?
Do the same standards hold true from day to day? Week to week? Or, do you have to adjust the size of your lettering to the weather? Just what the h3ll difference does it make?
Please, inquiring minds would like to know what the f your doing differently from one class to the other.
It's a small room with, what? 30 -40 brats? I would think that after the first week you should pretty well have it figured out how big you need to make the letters on the blackboard. Or, better yet. Shouldn't that have been something covered in your four years of college?
Jup, I'm about as liberal a person that's ever walked down the street. But, somehow your answer to the above tripped my trigger. You sound lethargic.
I'm sorry if I offended you or any number of educators out there. But, 'how big I need to make the letters' just sent me over the edge. Maybe, cause I'm an engineer or something, I don't know. Chrieest -before you enter a classroom at least know how friggging big you need to make the letters!, mkay?
There are very competent people now living on the street that would love to have your job. People who've already figured out how big to make the letters on the blackboard. Some are lost veterans and some are simply just lost souls. Some would kill for the opportunity to earn your paycheck.
Buckle up young dude/dudette/whatever and try harder to be the best f'ing teacher these kids have ever seen or will ever see - every time you meet them. Never stop pushing yourself or those (god bless em) students. Push yourself.
Do you know that in Japan teaching is held in such high regard that the top students in, say engineering, physics or whatever is held back to be an instructor? Because in their culture being a teacher is the highest form of praise. It's an honor in their country to be a teacher, not like Wisconsitan where teachers are expected to work for minimum wage.
One of my mentor teachers trained me to use at least 1 inch for each 20 feet of distance to the back of the classroom.
Damn the font, we have a democracy to destroy! Toss the justice system and let the republicans do all these patriotic things like ending one man one vote and due process un hindered.
Sheeesh where do you think Micigan is? In America?
I measured the size of the font used on the Emergency Financial Manager petition against those used on the "Mich Alliance for Prosperity" and "Mich Energy/Mich Jobs" petitions. The All three were between 4 1/2 and 5 mm.
If the people who ruled against the EMF petition on this basis can detect an actual difference in ANY of these, they're in the wrong line of work. With eyesight like that, they should be baseball umpires, or be working with microscopic organisms.
Any person who purposely acts to prevent another person from casting a vote should be put against a wall and disposed of. The offender's vote should be nullified as well.
It's often times said that our soldiers fought for our freedom to vote. Then why allow a monotheist party to decide who should be allowed to vote or not? Whether it be the color of the skin, the religion or whatever. Everyone should have a voice, everyone should have a vote. No one should be able to take that vote away from you, no one!
and we're wasting our time and money on this, why?
So the rich folk can turn the lakeshore Jean Block Park in Benton Harbor into a few more holes of a PGA golf course, Silly!
Gordona posted: "..jupiter, and how many times do you have to do this? Is it every class, every year, every time you approach the blackboard? Isn't this something taught in school? .."
Your post is a bit harsh.
I would guess that JupiterThunder4 does not re-check with the class at each 'approach (to) the blackboard.'
In fact - it is probably a good thing to ask (each new class) because not everybody has perfect vision.
What if a person with less than perfect vision did not get a front row seat?
Sounds like a considerate instructor, to me.