Hello, Yunus! I don't want sound purist (sorry: this is the Graphic Designer in me speaking!), but I'm not quite sure if what you're asking is about READIBILITY or LEGIBILITY:
Readibility -- how easy is a block of text readable -- has to do with how a block text is composed (layout, kerning, tracking, the style of writing, content of the text, etc...); Legibility -- the characteristics of letters, numbers, graphics, or symbols that make it possible to differentiate one from the other -- has to do with how a particular font was designed, such as stroke width and the presence or absence of serifs, the amount of white space for each character. In other words, legibility refers to recognition, while readability refers to comprehension. That being said, a lot of factors are in place, making Readibility and Legibity playing different roles at different time: the way that you read a magazine has as much to do with recognizing the individual characters of a block of text as is it has with the the style of writing and the content of the text. When it comes to signs, I remember reading an article about a type family that was commissioned by the US Federal Government called "Clearview", with the specific purpose of increasing the legibility and improve ease of recognition of road sign legends (http://clearviewhwy.com/ResearchAndDesign/index.php). For non-roman alphabets, and I think that there is a lot more at play than just the recognition of each characters: being a foreigner living in China, I'm amazed on how fast can Chinese people read hundreds of characters, given the complexity of its design. I would say there is something about the structure of the language itself that allows people to easily perceive (and interpret) combination of characters. { Itamar Medeiros } Information Designer designing clear, understandable communication by caring to structure, context, and presentation of data and information mobile ::: 86 13671503252 website ::: http://designative.info/ aim ::: itamarlmedeiros skype ::: designative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=33586 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
