Typography – Office
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Office typeface – Arial
Arial is the corporate typeface and is used for email signatures, email newsletters and Microsoft Office templates.
Typography scale / font sizes
Definition of body text size
The minimum body text size for DIN A4 and smaller formats using Arial is 10 pt with one‑and‑a‑half line spacing (15 pt).
These values represent minimum sizes. Depending on the medium or application, the body text size may be increased; however, the proportional relationship to the headings must be maintained.
Headings should preferably be set in Arial Bold, but may also be set in Regular or used in combination.
Font Size | Line Spacing | Font | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Heading 1 | 112 | 112 | Single | Arial Regular/Bold |
Heading 2 | 69 | 69 | Single | Arial Regular/Bold |
Heading 3 | 43 | 49 | 1.15x | Arial Regular/Bold |
Heading 4 | 26 | 30 | 1.15x | Arial Regular/Bold |
Heading 5 | 16 | 21 | 1.3x | Arial Regular/Bold |
Body Text Font | 10 | 15 | 1.5x | Arial Regular/Bold |
Small Body Text | 7 | 11 | 1.5x | Arial Regular/Bold |
Address Block/Captions | 7 | 11 | 1.5x | Arial Regular/Bold |
Office font size calculator
This Excel file can be used to calculate font sizes based on the selected body text size.