Designing legible fonts for distance reading

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Abstract

This chapter reviews existing knowledge on distance legibility of fonts, and finds that for optimal distance reading, letters and numbers benefit from relative wide shapes, open inner counters and a large x-height; fonts should further be widely spaced, and the weight should not be too heavy or too light. Research also indicates that serifs on the vertical extremes improve legibility under such reading conditions.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelDigital Fonts and Reading : (Series on Computer Processing of Languages)
RedaktørerMary C. Dyson, Ching Y Suen
Vol/bind1
ForlagWorld Scientific
Publikationsdato2016
Sider79-93
Kapitel5
ISBN (Trykt)978-981-4759-53-3
ISBN (Elektronisk)978-981-4759-55-7
StatusUdgivet - 2016
NavnSeries on Language Processing, Pattern Recognition, and Intelligent Systems
Vol/bind1

Emneord

  • Skriftdesign
  • skriftformgivning
  • fonts

Kunstnerisk udviklingsvirksomhed (KUV)

  • Nej

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