![]() “Legibility” is based on the ease with which one letter can be told from the other. ![]() What does it mean for a text to be “readable”? In English some have made a distinction between legibility and readability: James Mosley reports that printers used to say, “You can’t tell a lie in Caslon.” And then he adds wryly: or is it that you won’t get caught? When I started my revival of Caslon, I set out to revive these qualities I had seen in its letter press Linotype Caslon Old Face: readability, affability, and authority. When I read Einstein’s Autobiography many years ago, as both a writer and a lover of type I noticed and remembered that the font it was printed in seemed extraordinarily approachable and easy to read-even while projecting strength and authority. ![]() And they also want the text to have an aura of credibility, so it will be taken seriously and maybe even accepted. ![]() When their words are put into print, writers want the text to be inviting and welcoming, so that readers will read what they have written. William Berkson Part 2: Readability, affability, authority ![]()
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