GCM 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cap Height

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Graphic Communications
• Course: GCM 230
• Professor: Gillian Mothersill

Document Summary

Readability and legibility (september 25 th , 2013) Problems (end users manipulate type, manipulations avaliable in software programs) Ease with which the reader can read lengthy bodies of text. Legibility of the typeface, body size of type, leading, alignment, letter/word spacing, type colour (hue/weight), other aspects on a layout, indents affect readability. Live area where there are no text or graphic elements. Body covers area just above ascender to just below descender. Default leading = 1. 2 x body size of type (ex. Set solid= 10pt on top and 10pt on bottom (only to set type in all caps) Neagtive leading= lower leading than size of type. Practical leading= x-height of type x 2. 5.