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*'''''Smaller font.''''' Using smaller font size means a nav box takes up fewer inches of space on the screen, but is harder to read. Shorter pages may be more appealling to readers.    | *'''''Smaller font.''''' Using smaller font size means a nav box takes up fewer inches of space on the screen, but is harder to read. Shorter pages may be more appealling to readers.    | ||
:There's a problem with this, the blue color bleed into background. Even with adding this line: |liststyle = background: #FFFFFF; did not solve it one bit. FFFFFF is white background.  | |||
*'''''Larger font.''''' Using larger font size means a nav box is easier to read, but takes up more space on the screen. Easier to read font may be more appealing to readers.  | *'''''Larger font.''''' Using larger font size means a nav box is easier to read, but takes up more space on the screen. Easier to read font may be more appealing to readers.  | ||
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The smaller font size is often used in Wikipedia, for example see the navbox at the bottom of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War American Civil War] page. For that matter, see most Wikipedia navboxes. Any reasonable measure that can be made to make pages as brief and short as possible is important.    | The smaller font size is often used in Wikipedia, for example see the navbox at the bottom of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War American Civil War] page. For that matter, see most Wikipedia navboxes. Any reasonable measure that can be made to make pages as brief and short as possible is important.    | ||
I would like a MoS that encourages (but does not require) the use of slightly smaller font in templates over 12 lines of text. [[User:DiltsGD|DiltsGD]] 18:04, 2 October 2010 (UTC)    | I would like a MoS that encourages (but does not require) the use of slightly smaller font in templates over 12 lines of text. [[User:DiltsGD|DiltsGD]] 18:04, 2 October 2010 (UTC)  | ||
=== Text justification  ===  | === Text justification  ===  | ||
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