TypographyBasics II

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Legibility: The quality in a typeface design that affectsthe speed of perception:

the faster, easier, and more accurate the perception, the more legible the type.

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Legibility LegibilityStrong legibility Weaker legibility

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Readability: the ability to easily read and comprehendextended amounts of text (body text or body copy).

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Readability

All I want is a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot, I may be off my dot, but I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot. Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots, they are no use to me, if I can’t have a proper cup of coffee, then, I guess, I’ll have a proper cup of tea.

All I want is a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot, I may be off my dot, but I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot. Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots, they are no use to me, if I can’t have a proper cup of coffee, then, I guess, I’ll have a proper cup of tea.

Weak readability

Stronger readability

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readabilityreadabilityThe irregular shape of the tops of lowercase letters allowus to read them quickly as a shape. Shape recognition vs. letter recognition

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readabilityREADABILITYThe shape of the word is more unusual, thus more memorable.

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The highest level of legibility and readability is attained through careful consideration of:

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• typeface design

• letterspacing

• word spacing

• line spacing

• and other typographic refinements

Your selection of a typeface should be based on;

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• the project and it’s message

• the audience

• the conditions in which it will be viewed

• and how much copy is being read.

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List three things that make this text difficult to read

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The intention:DON”T READ THIS NOTICE!

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Too tight

Too loose

Normal

Word spacing

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Unjustified:Equal wordspacing

Justified:Unequal wordspacing

Inconsistent spacing

Line spacing (Leading)

Factors affecting linespacing”

• type size

• x-height

• line length

• vertical stress

• san serif

• copy length

• line length

Factors affecting linespacing”• type size

All I want is a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot, I may be off my dot, but I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot. Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots, they are no use to me, if I can’t have a proper cup of coffee, then, I guess, I’ll have a proper cup of tea.All I want is a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot, I may be off my dot, but I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot. Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots, they are no use to me, if I can’t have a proper cup of coffee, then, I guess, I’ll have a proper cup of tea.

Factors affecting linespacing”• x-height

All I want is a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot, I may be off my dot, but I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot. Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots, they are no use to me, if I can’t have a proper cup of coffee, then, I guess, I’ll have a proper cup of tea.

All I want is a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot, I may be off my dot, but I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot. Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots, they are no use to me, if I can’t have a proper cup of coffee, then, I guess, I’ll have a proper cup of tea.

Factors affecting linespacing”• strong vertical stress

Factors affecting linespacing”• sans serif

All I want is a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot, I may be off my dot, but I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot. Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots, they are no use to me, if I can’t have a proper cup of coffee, then, I guess, I’ll have a proper cup of tea.

Factors affecting linespacing”• copy length

All I want is a proper cup of coffee,

made in a proper copper coffee pot,

I may be off my dot, but I want a

proper coffee in a proper copper pot.

Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots,

they are no use to me, if I can’t have

a proper cup of coffee, then, I guess,

I’ll have a proper cup of tea.

All I want is a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot, I may be off my dot, but I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot. Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots, they are no use to me, if I can’t have a proper cup of coffee, then, I guess, I’ll have a proper cup of tea.

Factors affecting linespacing”• line length

All I want is a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot, I may be off my dot, but I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot. Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots, they are no use to me, if I can’t have a proper cup of coffee, then, I guess, I’ll have a proper cup of tea.All I want is a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot, I may be off my dot, but I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot. Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots, they are no use to me, if I can’t have a proper cup of coffee, then, I guess, I’ll have a proper cup of tea.

All I want is a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot, I may be off my dot, but I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot. Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots, they are no use to me, if I can’t have a proper cup of coffee, then, I guess, I’ll have a proper cup of tea.