Typography part2

Readability measures

• the ease and speed with which short phrases can be read accurately.

• the ability of a large body of type to be read without tiring the reader’s eyes.

Legibility measures

• the ease and speed with which short phrases can be read accurately

• the ability of a large body of type to be read without tiring the reader’s eyes.

17. Legibility is critical

• advertisement posters, book titles, and signage

• articles or essays of long lengths

Readability is critical

• advertisement posters, book titles, and signage

• articles or essays of long lengths

Center Alignment is

• easy to read, and useful in any type application.

• used for short amounts of text.

• used sparingly since it is hard to read.

• aligned on both the left and right edges of a column.

Left Alignment is

• easy to read, and useful in any type application.

• used for short amounts of text.

• used sparingly since it is hard to read.

• aligned on both the left and right edges of a column.

Right Alignment is

• used for short amounts of text.

• easy to read, and useful in any type application.

• used sparingly since it is hard to read.

• aligned on both the left and right edges of a column.

Justified Alignment is

• used for short amounts of text.

• easy to read, and useful in any type application.

• used sparingly since it is hard to read.

• aligned on both the left and right edges of a column.

Newspaper and magazines have columns because of

• Center Alignment

• Right Alignment

• Justified Alignment

• Left Alignment

Serif fonts increase

• legibility

• readability

• readability & legibility