Posted by BeckyNC on 4/10/06 6:31pm
Msg #112586

Need info about MI recordable docs

I'd really appreciate it if one of you from Michigan could help me. I have a signing tomorrow morning for a MI property and am printing docs. The docs came as a TIF file, and I'm concerned about the font size on the Mortgage. Type is legible, but is there a minimum size that's recordable? I'm also wondering about the black line that runs down right margin. Docs must have been scanned as images. Property is located in Clio, MI, but I'm not sure what county that is. I have asked for the file to be sent as PDF, and have received it, but I'm not sure it's any better. Any help would be appreciated. TIA

Reply by PL on 4/10/06 6:44pm
Msg #112589

I am not from MI, but it is in Genesee county n/m

Reply by BeckyNC on 4/10/06 6:46pm
Msg #112591

Re: I am not from MI, but it is in Genesee county

Thanks - figured that out after flipping through a few more pages. Went to the ROD's website, and they said that font size must be at least 10 point. This is smaller. Guess I'll have to wait for the title company to get back to me.

Reply by Gerry_VT on 4/10/06 11:35pm
Msg #112635

font size

Be careful about the font size measurement. For example, for the same point size in Microsoft Word, the Arial font is a little bigger than the Times New Roman font. So if it seems only a little smaller that 10 point, maybe it's just the font.

Reply by HisHughness on 4/10/06 11:56pm
Msg #112637

Re: font size

Gerry_VT cautions:

***Be careful about the font size measurement. For example, for the same point size in Microsoft Word, the Arial font is a little bigger than the Times New Roman font. So if it seems only a little smaller that 10 point, maybe it's just the font.***

One of the more regrettable things that Bill Gates et al. have done is adulterate the term "font." Today, it is used to signify a >>type face<<, such as Times New Roman or Arial. Printers, however, use it in a very different fashion. To a printer a "font" is a type face in a particular size. Thus, Times New Roman is not a font, it is a typeface; 12-point Times New Roman is a font, as is 10-point TNR.

A more venerable meaning of font is baptismal vessel. However, it is generally incorrect to refer to a 12-point font when speaking of a baptismal vessel, because baptismal vessels are almost always round and have no points whatsoever.

Reply by RickinVA on 4/11/06 7:59am
Msg #112655

Re: font size

THANK You, Hugh. I no longer have to go through life looking for the point count on a baptismal vessel. What a relief! (The info in this thread is worth every penny of the price I paid to read it!) :-)

Your disertation on your delemma on the dance floor was also priceless. (My wife won't let me dance with people whom I have been trying to get dates. Wonder why?)

Rick

Reply by Gerry_VT on 4/11/06 11:19am
Msg #112684

Re: font size; 30+ year distraction

I concur with HisHughness; I thought about trying to give a more complete explaination, but I figured that since the document had been scanned, it would be essentially hopeless to figure out what the original typeface and size were, or whether the scan preserved the original size.

An additional warning: about 1973 Donald Knuth took some time off from writing his series of books _The Art of Computer Programming_ to look into the matter of computer printers, and write some related software called TEX. Only in the last year or two has he managed to get back to his book series.