Ensure text is legible from TV viewing distance. People sit much further from TV screens than they do from a PC. Most web sites have designs, layouts and text for viewing on a PC – the result is often too small and unreadable for viewing on a TV.

DTV Navigator compensates somewhat for this by automatically enlarging html font sizes to at least 18 point.

When text has been created as a graphic, however, it will not be enlarged, and may not be readable on the TV.

• Live html text (which is displayed in the Tiresias font) must be used for all main text-based content areas
• All text (both live and graphical) must be a minimum of 20 point (medium, size=4)
• All text (both live and graphical) must be judged to be clearly legible at a comfortable TV viewing distance (10 ft)
• All graphical text must be sans-serif, as they cause less display problems on TV (excluding any typeface deemed to be part of company logo)
• Keep text to a minimum, keep it concise and to the point (also minimise text entry in forms)
• Always use the TV text safe white #FAFAFA; RGB 250/250/250
• use html text (which will be automatically scaled by DTV Navigator). See graphic below.