Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
Legibility
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Typographic legibility is widely misunderstood and often neglected
by designers. Yet it is a subject that requires careful study and
constant evaluation. Legibility is achieved by controlling the qualities
and attributes inherent in typography that make type readable. These
attributes make it possible for a reader to comprehend typographic
forms with the least amount of difficulty.
Typographers and designers have a definite responsibility to their
readers to communicate as clearly and appropriately as possible.
This responsibility is suggested by Henry David Thoreau in
Walden
:
“A written word is the choicest of relics. It is something at once more
intimate with us and more universal than any other work of art.”
