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Many claim that Times New Roman is the most readable or accessible font – but is this really true? We dive into font research to explore the accessibility of Arial, Comic Sans, and fonts like Open Dyslexic. Is there one that stands out from the rest? Or is the world of typefaces as subjective as our opinions about design?
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A big thanks to Paola Kassa and Matthew Shifrin for their contributions to this episode.
Created & produced by Vanessa Hill. Edited by Dominique Taylor. Research by Hannah Thomasy
REFERENCES 📚
READABILITY
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4612630/pdf/nihms729523.pdf
psycnet.apa.org/record/2003-10873-003
semanticscholar.org/paper/Towards-Readability-Individuation%3A-The-Right-to-on-Wallace-Treitman/72b7afdb762a8b0e03e8d9e4b0a9a59f1c99e0a3
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/634067.634173#:~:text=A%20significant%20main%20effect%20of,serif%20or%20sans%20serif%20fonts.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2858036.2858204
Emotional content and colours:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18459353
dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3132525.3132546
ACCESSIBILITY
dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/2513383.2513447
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26993270/#:~:text=OpenDyslexic%20was%20compared%20to%20Arial,(c)%20nonsense%20word%20reading.&text=Results%20from%20this%20alternating%20treatment,the%20group%20as%20a%20whole.
dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/2513383.2513447
link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11881-017-0154-6.pdf
tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00220671.2012.736430?needAccess=true
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531513105008812?casa_token=P1wuF_Fg-7cAAAAA:Jcxpf9z5Gb7RKusXYg8csBiOP6JwJ9yThILEY4z7C4ayf93RQTQSuykgGM_QplLLfjHAyng2CoDG#fig1
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0008418212004693?casa_token=lcvTIaXFNeMAAAAA:Wy8pYsAgODvtGHREroGQx3szr2nOvHV5_81f5rWaGHHSZx6GliKn5mI0WfKE2pvuWYMInnzFgqGa
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726769/pdf/nihms852548.pdf
Alex Chen’s post: medium.com/queer-design-club/the-controversy-of-accessible-type-8def04eb8808
FONT HISTORY
nypl.org/blog/2014/12/09/times-new-roman
fonts.com/font/monotype/arial/story
newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/31/calibris-scandalous-history
forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2021/04/28/microsoft-word-which-of-these-will-be-the-new-default-font/?sh=7ba9194f4dcf
MY PATREON: patreon.com/BrainCraft
SUBSCRIBE to BrainCraft! 👉 http://ow.ly/rt5IE
Paola's channel: youtube.com/user/PaolaKBuitrago
Matthew's TED talk: youtube.com/watch?v=hDYPwelp7js
Many claim that Times New Roman is the most readable or accessible font – but is this really true? We dive into font research to explore the accessibility of Arial, Comic Sans, and fonts like Open Dyslexic. Is there one that stands out from the rest? Or is the world of typefaces as subjective as our opinions about design?
My Instagram instagram.com/nessyhill
A big thanks to Paola Kassa and Matthew Shifrin for their contributions to this episode.
Created & produced by Vanessa Hill. Edited by Dominique Taylor. Research by Hannah Thomasy
REFERENCES 📚
READABILITY
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4612630/pdf/nihms729523.pdf
psycnet.apa.org/record/2003-10873-003
semanticscholar.org/paper/Towards-Readability-Individuation%3A-The-Right-to-on-Wallace-Treitman/72b7afdb762a8b0e03e8d9e4b0a9a59f1c99e0a3
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/634067.634173#:~:text=A%20significant%20main%20effect%20of,serif%20or%20sans%20serif%20fonts.
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2858036.2858204
Emotional content and colours:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18459353
dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3132525.3132546
ACCESSIBILITY
dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/2513383.2513447
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26993270/#:~:text=OpenDyslexic%20was%20compared%20to%20Arial,(c)%20nonsense%20word%20reading.&text=Results%20from%20this%20alternating%20treatment,the%20group%20as%20a%20whole.
dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/2513383.2513447
link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11881-017-0154-6.pdf
tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00220671.2012.736430?needAccess=true
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0531513105008812?casa_token=P1wuF_Fg-7cAAAAA:Jcxpf9z5Gb7RKusXYg8csBiOP6JwJ9yThILEY4z7C4ayf93RQTQSuykgGM_QplLLfjHAyng2CoDG#fig1
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0008418212004693?casa_token=lcvTIaXFNeMAAAAA:Wy8pYsAgODvtGHREroGQx3szr2nOvHV5_81f5rWaGHHSZx6GliKn5mI0WfKE2pvuWYMInnzFgqGa
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726769/pdf/nihms852548.pdf
Alex Chen’s post: medium.com/queer-design-club/the-controversy-of-accessible-type-8def04eb8808
FONT HISTORY
nypl.org/blog/2014/12/09/times-new-roman
fonts.com/font/monotype/arial/story
newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/31/calibris-scandalous-history
forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2021/04/28/microsoft-word-which-of-these-will-be-the-new-default-font/?sh=7ba9194f4dcf
