Challenger CL600
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25; Flight Crew Total 15000; Flight Crew Type 800
Other / Unknown
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Chart Or Publication; Human Factors
Concern about readability of STARS which have been condensed from easily readable foldouts to minimum single page. Example: HOUSTON; TX (HOU) KIDDZ ONE ARRIVAL. Due to extreme minimization; some fixes are unreadable. We were switched from another STAR to this one which has some unreadable fix names. You can barely discern some of the letters even with a 10x loupe that jewelers use. THIS IS UNSAFE! All charts should be able to be read quickly and easily. Maybe you can do something about this situation.
CL600 Captain believes that many STAR's have become unreadable as a standard paper chart due to the font size required by the size of the chart page.