{"id":421,"date":"2024-02-20T16:41:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T21:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mma-215-sp23\/?p=421"},"modified":"2025-08-08T20:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T00:32:15","slug":"legibility-and-readability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mma215-fall25\/legibility-and-readability\/","title":{"rendered":"Legibility and Readability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Legibility <\/strong>refers to the ease with which a reader can recognize and differentiate between letterforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Readability <\/strong>refers to how easily a page of text can be read and navigated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Factors that affect legibility<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Style of a Typeface<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Familiarity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Serif vs. Sans Serif<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mma215-fall25\/font-style\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"425\">Typeface style<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mma215-fall25\/color-and-value\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"427\">Color and value<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mma215-fall25\/typographic-color\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"430\">Typographic color<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mma215-fall25\/type-texture\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"433\">Texture of type<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Size and Shape of Type<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mma215-fall25\/stroke-weight\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"440\">Stroke weight<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mma215-fall25\/contrast\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"443\">Contrast<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set width (width of letters)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Point size<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mma215-fall25\/contrast-between-text-and-background\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"446\">Contrast between text and background<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mma215-fall25\/texture-of-background\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"449\">Texture of background<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Surface (of paper or screen)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Factors that affect readability<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Arrangement of Letterforms<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Number of typefaces<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mma215-fall25\/alignment\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"462\">Alignment<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mma215-fall25\/measure\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"471\">Measure<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mma215-fall25\/widows-and-orphans\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"476\">Widows and orphans<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Use of negative spaces in a layout<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mma215-fall25\/letterspacing-tracking-kerning-and-word-spacing\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"479\">Letterspacing, tracking, and kerning<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mma215-fall25\/letterspacing-tracking-kerning-and-word-spacing\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"479\">Word spacing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mma215-fall25\/leading\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"484\">Leading<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Your Audience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Physiology of reading: eye focusing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and reading gravity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spelling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legibility refers to the ease with which a reader can recognize and differentiate between letterforms. 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