In this session, we were looking into legibility and readability, looking at the different categories of Roman, Gothic, Block and Script.
In groups, using the different categories of type we had taken in, we looked at what we think personally is the most easiest and hardest to read. In our group we all agreed that the majority of Roman fonts where the easiest but had mixed results on the hardest:
ROS: Most easiest - Roman
Most hardest - Block
TAYLOR: Most easiest - Roman Lowercase
Most hardest - Roman Uppercase
ALEX: Most easiest - Roman
Most hardest - Block
ME: Most easiest - Roman
Most hardest - Script
Within the class the majority of peers agreed: Hardest - Script and Block
Easiest - Roman and Gothic
How to choose between the easiest and hardest:
- Distinction of Glyphs
- Alignment (Justification)
- Kerning (Dependent on the font)
- The X-height: With Block fonts it starts to merge
- Speed of reading
- Contrast of Anatomy
- Legibility
Legibility - Glyphs that are understandable or recognisable based on appearance. Individual glyphs and if you are able to read them singularly.
Readability - Ease of with which text can be read and understood. How you read and how the letters flow. The readability is influenced by the line length, leading, kerning etc.
Kerning - Manipulating the Kern. Reducing the gap between the letters. If you lose the distinction, it is not legible.
Leading - Gap between the letterforms and lines. Vertical distance between type and lines.
Tracking - Spacing between the letterforms. Expanding the letters.
TASK 3 - Within the session, using my Roman, Gothic, Script and Block. Produced four sentences within one from each category. From this, I need to also produce four squares which show the correct working of the sentence:
This is my attempt for this task, I will need to lay them out within the square and further experiment:
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