RE: List of typefaces and their readability

["Pinkham, Jim" <Jim -dot- Pinkham -at- voith -dot- com>]

Just a bit of googling yielded several interesting results -- you might
particularly be interested in the Wichita study. After a little tweaking
and experimenting, I tried the search below:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%28font+OR+typeface%29+AND+%28most+
readable%29+AND+%28rank+OR+rate+OR+list+OR+research+OR+study%29&btnG=Sea
rch

Here are a few that I took a look at:
http://psychology.wichita.edu/optimalweb/text.htm
http://people.dsv.su.se/~jpalme/internet-course/font-report.html
http://boggse-learningchronicle.typepad.com/the_online_training_conte/20
06/01/best_font_for_e.html
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detai
lmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ569963&ERICExtSearc
h_SearchType_0=eric_accno&accno=EJ569963
http://portal.acm.org/ft_gateway.cfm?id=274658&type=pdf&coll=GUIDE&dl=GU
IDE&CFID=4342593&CFTOKEN=24314856
http://hubel.sfasu.edu/courseinfo/SL99/brochure.html
 

-----Original Message-----
From: techwr-l-bounces+jim -dot- pinkham=voith -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+jim -dot- pinkham=voith -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
Behalf Of Cardimon, Craig
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 11:18 AM
To: Techwr-l
Subject: List of typefaces and their readability

Don't let me down here, people. 

 

I have just said publically that what I don't know writing-wise, I can
generally find out from you-all. 

 

No pressure.

 

I'm looking for a list of typefaces, as in their relative readability. 

 

The top five for reading onscreen and the top five for reading on
hardcopy. Something like that.

 

The typeface in question is Courier.

 

I shall be doing my own homework, of course, but since I have bragged
about this listserv, I figured I would give you another shot at fame!
Grin.

 

 

 

 

Craig Cardimon

Technical Writer

Marketing Systems Group

ccardimon -at- m-s-g -dot- com

 

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