Open AccessLetterform Legibility and Visual Perception: a speculation
Author(s) -
Mike Zender
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
visible language
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2691-5529
pISSN - 0022-2224
DOI - 10.34314/vl.v53i3.4655
Subject(s) - typeface , legibility , typography , perception , visual perception , computer science , reading (process) , cognitive psychology , psychology , linguistics , visual arts , art , philosophy , neuroscience , operating system
This short paper explores a straightforward insight: that the basic features of visual perception map instructively onto the letterform skeletons of the Latin alphabet. Linking findings from visual perception ith knowledge about typography and reading might advance our knowledge of how letterforms function visually. This knowledge could be used to develop a formal measure of letterform legibility, to rovide means to distinguish between a text and a display typeface, and to provide guidance for typeface design.