- When considering readability, distance comes into consideration.
- Block fonts are design for headlines.
- Script fonts are designed to work at a certain font size. If they are used too small, they merge together and when too large, they merge apart.
- Too decorative.
- Counters are not easily defined.
- Italicising gothic fonts can often control the dynamics of how things move and makes it easier and quicker to read.
- The most unreadable way of working with type is using only uppercase letters.
- Known fact that lowercase is much more readable.
- Comes back to the fact that what we're reading are the negative spaces and shapes around the letters.
- Gothic fonts work best at small scales as that is what they were designed for. As soon as you want to make the point size bigger, you will turn it into a block font as it will need to be bolder.
Readability & Legibility Task Can Be Found Here:
http://r-blackham1215-dp.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/ougd404-what-is-visual-literacy-task.html
