Category: fonts
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Revisiting ALL UPPERCASE LETTERS vs. Upper And Lower Case
I’m sometimes surprised by which of my blog posts people get passionate about. Take, for example, my post on whether all uppercase letters are inherently harder to read than upper and lower case. I wrote the post back in 2009, yet someone posted a comment on it today, 8 years later. And last week someone…
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How To Get People To Do Stuff: #3 — A Hard-To-Read Font Will Activate Logical Thinking
I am taking a chance here, because I know that the subject of fonts is always controversial, and if I say that you should use fonts that are hard to read I’ll be blasted by many of my readers! But I have to share this fascinating research on how mental processing changes in some surprising…
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Fonts, Typography, And How We Read Online
I’ve been a fan of Kevin Larson’s writing about fonts, typography and online reading for some time. I mention him in my latest book, 100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People. Kevin is a reading psychologist that works with typographers at Microsoft. He’s part of a team at Microsoft with a goal to…
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100 Things You Should Know About People: # 91 — Size Matters When It Comes To Fonts
When it comes to fonts, size matters a lot. The font size needs to be big enough so that people can read it without strain. Not just old folks — For older people this is critical. Starting in their 40’s, most people have increasing difficulty reading small fonts. But it’s not just older people that…
