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Readability
"While legibility is determined by the characters in a typeface, readability refers to how easy it is to read words or blocks of text, which is affected by the style of a typeface."
Some properties that can affect readability: letter-spacing, line length, line height, paragraph spacing, type alignment and how figures are displayed (tabular or proportional).
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Design Science
Foundations of Large Language Models Course
Computing Sciences
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Letter-spacing/ tracking
Tabular figures
Line length
Line height/ leading
Paragraph spacing
Type alignment
Examples of Prompt Templates for Text Simplification
Critique of a Text Layout
A web designer has received feedback that the main article text on their new blog is difficult to read. The text is set in a single, wide column that spans the full width of a desktop screen. The lines of text are very close together vertically, and the paragraphs are not separated by any extra space. Which of the following adjustments would be the most effective first step to improve the text's readability?
A user experience designer is reviewing a new website design and has identified several issues that make the text difficult to read. Match each observed readability problem with the most likely typographic property that needs adjustment.