legibility
Text reading ease
Legibility is how easily something can be read.
A document's legibility depends on factors like font size, contrast, and print quality.
The word applies to handwriting as well as type: His handwriting was barely legible.
Legibility differs from readability—legibility concerns visual clarity, while readability concerns how easily content is understood.
Character style set
- typefaceLettering style design
- clarityState of being understandable
- kerningLetter-pair spacing adjustment
- sans-serifType without terminal strokes
serif · letterform · x-height · character · glyph · spacing · contrast · weight
State of being understandable
- visibilityRange of clear sight
- signagePosted public displays
- wayfindingNavigating through physical spaces
- contrastNotable difference between things
hierarchy · layout · whitespace · alignment · grid · color · accessibility · visual
State of being understandable
- intelligibilityQuality of being understood
- understandabilityEase of being grasped
- transparencyState of being see-through
- plainnessUnadorned, straightforward quality
lucidity · accessibility · simplicity · coherence · decipherability · interpretability · explicability · perspicuity
Skill of forming letters
- cursiveJoined handwriting style
- scriptWritten words for performance
- neatnessState of being tidy
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
manuscript · handwritten · scrawl · print · block letters · graphology · flourish · ink
font
Character style set
- typefaceLettering style design
- clarityState of being understandable
- kerningLetter-pair spacing adjustment
sans-serif · serif · letterform · x-height · character · glyph · spacing · contrast · weight · boldness
clarity
State of being understandable
- visibilityRange of clear sight
- signagePosted public displays
- wayfindingNavigating through physical spaces
contrast · hierarchy · layout · whitespace · alignment · grid · color · accessibility · visual · scannable
clarity
State of being understandable
- intelligibilityQuality of being understood
- understandabilityEase of being grasped
- transparencyState of being see-through
plainness · lucidity · accessibility · simplicity · coherence · decipherability · interpretability · explicability · perspicuity · articulateness
penmanship
Skill of forming letters
calligraphy · manuscript · handwritten · scrawl · print · block letters · graphology · flourish · ink · stroke
- clarityclearness, clear, obvious, simplification, concise
- contrastblack and white, light and dark, high contrast, low contrast, contrast ratio
- prose qualitiesclarity, eloquence, coherence, conciseness, flow
- text analyticsword count, character count, reading level, grade level, syllable count
- environmental psychologymental maps, cognitive maps, wayfinding, spatial perception, sense of place
- designdesign principles, functionality, emphasis, unity, graphic design
legibilityillegibility
Impossible to decipher
unreadability · indecipherability · unintelligibility · blurriness · scrawl
legibilityobscurity
State of being unknown
opacity · ambiguity · incomprehensibility · impenetrability · murkiness