CHAPTER 3
Controls
Buttons 3-3
Text Button Sizes 3
A text button should be the same height as the large Close box (described
under “Close Boxes” on page 3-14) and wide enough for its name to fit
centered on one line in the bold style of the system font. Make the button
wide enough to leave as much space at the sides of the text as there is space
above the text.
On an Apple MessagePad, make text buttons 13 pixels tall (not counting the
2-pixel black border). Use 9-point text in the bold style of the system font for
the button name. Leave three pixels between the button’s bottom border and
the baseline of the text, and make the button wide enough to leave three or
four pixels between the name and the button’s left and right borders. In a
group of buttons, you can make all buttons uniformly narrower if you must,
but always leave at least two pixels of white space at the right and left ends
of the text. Figure 3-3 shows the preferred spacing between the name and
border of a text button on an Apple MessagePad.
Figure 3-3 Leave standard margins between a button’s name and its borders
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