Craig,

I use 0.060" and 0.040" for almost everything(there will be
exceptions!!)
with a 0.008" line thickness.  Experiment with some boards that you send
out
to different vendors to see how their silkscreens look at the smaller
sizes.
I experimented by placing some text in a non critical area...on a
non-critical
board, of course ;-) until I found what the different vendors limits
were.  Keep
in mind also that you can make your techs and assemblers go blind(and
mad)
by making the silks too small(believe me, I've been there!!!!!).

Joe

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>From:  Craig M. Lang/AEC[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Reply To:      DesignerCouncil E-Mail Forum.
>Sent:  Thursday, May 21, 1998 3:03 PM
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>Subject:       [DC] Text height and Font
>
>Hi all....
>
>Curious to know what everyone is using for text height and font style on PCB
>silkscreen legend.
>Trying to setup a 'nice' standard here so my techs and assemblers like me.
>
>Thanks
>
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Craig M. Lang, Engineer
>Applied Electro-Optics Corporation
>E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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