The type size to be used for an NIH application is spelled out in the PHS
instruction booklet (Rev 4/98) in the top half of the right hand column of
page 6.

LRL

>The instructions in the 398 book state "the height of the letters must not
>be small than 10 point; 2) type density must be no more than 15 cpi.  Have
>you tried the 12 point?  With that you should get less than the 15 cpi.
>Remember, also, that "no more than 6 lines of type must be within a vertical
>inch."
>
>At 03:47 PM 5/24/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>This has been discussed, but I lost my copies!
>>
>>What typeface and size has been discovered which meets NIH requirements on
>>the 398?  We have been using Times New Roman 10, but, based on a rejection
>>from AHCPR, it has more than 15 Characters per inch.
>>
>>This is a critical question, as we have been providing "fill in the blanks"
>>398 forms for the June/July deadline with this typaface/size.
>>
>>Chuck
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