Publishing guides · Readable text hierarchy
Build a restrained, readable hierarchy for restaurant identity, menu categories, item names and descriptions, prices and options, dietary, service and contact notes without shrinking important details to fit.
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Separate content, structure and proofing decisions so a late correction does not undo earlier work.
Separate category headings, item names, descriptions and prices with consistent roles rather than dots and spaces typed by hand. Define a small set of roles—such as title, section heading, body, caption, data and note—before formatting individual boxes. Each role needs a purpose, size, weight, spacing and colour. Reusing those decisions creates hierarchy and makes later changes safer than manually styling every paragraph.
The reader may hold a printed restaurant menu, view a PDF on a laptop or glance at it from a distance. Test body text and critical details at the final physical size. Use line lengths and leading that support the content rather than filling a rectangle. Avoid setting important information in very small type merely because the design started with too little space.
Megal Publisher provides text boxes, columns, margins, linked text frames and text-fit choices. Use those tools deliberately. A changed font can alter line length and push text into another column or page. After every font substitution, size change or frame resize, review the full story—not only the edited box—and check that restaurant identity, menu categories, item names and descriptions, prices and options and dietary, service and contact notes remain complete.
Bold, colour, capitals and decorative TextArt work only when they are selective. Make the primary hierarchy reflect the goal to support quick comparison while preserving the restaurant’s tone and required dietary information. Keep practical data calm and legible. Prices, allergens, dietary labels, availability and service charges are operational data and need approval by the responsible manager. The accessibility test is straightforward. Ensure small descriptions and prices have sufficient size and contrast, and never communicate allergens by colour alone. That also improves ordinary reading.
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