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“Thanks to bad graphic design, some readers love only the electronic version of some books.”

“If you dipped a spider in ink and then let it breakdance on a clean sheet of paper, you'd have a fair approximation of the state of my handwriting. I blame the internet myself. If I had to publish things in my handwriting, the only thing I could make money at would be selling ransom notes.”

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Author:Stewart Stafford

“What's the use of being legible, when nothing inspires you to take notice of it?”

Inspirational Use Inspire Noticing Graphic Design Typography Legibility

Author:Wolfgang Weingart

“Don't confuse legibility with communication.”

Communication Legibility

Author:David Carson

“Legibility, in practice, amounts simply to what one is accustomed to. But this is not to say that because we have got used to something demonstrably less legible than something else would be if we could get used to it, we should make no effort to scrap the existing thing. This was done by the Florentines and Romans of the fifteenth century; it requires simply good sense in the originators & good will in the rest of us.”

Ifs Should Done Would Be Used Effort Practice Century Amount Accustomed Good Will Good Sense Scrap Legibility

Author:Eric Gill

“The studies I've seen about readability and legibility tend to focus on a specific set of metrics: size, not just the point size, but things like the size of the lower case letters as a proportion of the overall letter height, and line length. People simply can't read really small type set in really long lines.”

People Long Lines Cases Study Focus Type Letters Size Height Proportion Length Really Long Metrics Long Lines Legibility

Author:Michael Bierut

“I believe sans serif typefaces - today upheld as models of neutrality and legibility - were called "Grotesques" in the 19th century because people thought they were hideous. But now we're used to them.”

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Author:Michael Bierut

“Digital ink technology holds substantial promise in terms of legibility, portability, and power consumption, but I am less confident about the communication aspect.”

Term Technology Communication Promise Aspect Digital Consumption Ink Legibility Portability

Author:Tom Peters

“Never mistake legibility for communication.”

Humor Funny Mistake Communication Legibility

Author:David Carson

“Legibility, in practice, amounts simply to what one is accustomed to.”

Practice Design Amount Accustomed Typography Legibility

Book:An Essay on Typography

Source: An Essay on Typography

“Dont confuse legibility with communication. Just because something is legible doesnt mean it communicates and, more importantly, doesnt mean it communicates the right thing.”

Mean Communication Communicate Right Thing Legibility

Author:David Carson

“The trace left behind is substituted for the practice. It exhibits the (voracious) property that the geographical system has of being able to transform action into legibility, but in doing so it causes a way of being in the world to be forgotten.”

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Book:The Practice of Everyday Life

Source: The Practice of Everyday Life

“From all these experiences the most important thing I have learned is that legibility and beauty stand close together and that type design, in its restraint, should be only felt but not perceived by the reader.”

“Just because something is legible doesn't mean it communicates...”

Mean Communicate Legibility

Author:David Carson