GCM 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Word Processor
10 Feb 2015
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Ability to distinguish individual letterforms, or letterforms in a word! We don"t read individual letters, rather we recognize shape of each word! Modern problems with legibility: end users who manipulate type, digital manipulations available in software problems! layout person! Legible letterforms can be rendered illegible via poor decisions by graphic designer or page. Ease with which reader can read lengthy bodies of text over sustained period of time! Readability is responsibility of graphic designer, book designer, or page layout person! Perfectly legible typeface can be rendered unreadable via poor decisions by graphic designer! Portion of live area of layout where there"s no text or graphic elements! Includes margins, gutters, leading, & other spaces on page! Point size (or body size of type)! Body text = 9 ~ 12 points! Subheads, heads, titling = over 12 points! Covers area just above ascender to area just below descender!
