Specifications

6
Format Plan Sheet
The format for the Magellan RoadMate 2000 manual is the corporate standard for printed documentation and is as
follows:
Page Element
Type and Size
Rationale
Page size
8 ½ x 11”
This manual contains many
graphics and photos so that the
larger size than the original will be
better to read.
Cover stock
Company trademark upper left.
Book title upper right.
Company icon in lower right.
60lb is the company standard.
Typefaces and type sizes
 Chapter
 Headings
 Subheadings
 Text
Tahoma Bold,16pt.
Times New Roman Bold,14pt.
Times New Roman Bold,12pt.
Times New Roman,12 pt
The manual is supposed to be
professional. So there should be at
least three different types of fonts.
Column width
4-1/2”
It will follow the traditional single-
column format seen in most
business documents.
Headers
Arial Rounded MT Bold, 8pt.
Even pages: Chapter number and
title on left side.
Odd pages: Name of topic on right
side.
title, company, chapter’s name or
page number is expected to be
included in the headers.
Footers
Arial Rounded MT Bold, 8pt.
page number on right side.
Footers will be limited to 1/2” or
less since they are only expected to
contain page numbers.
Page numbers
Arial Rounded MT Bold, 8pt.
Page number is placed in the
footer section.