"This book will not only help type designers create high-
legibility typefaces, but also help graphic designers determine
the optimal typeface for a given project. Few of us will
appreciate whether the typeface we read is legible, but we
quickly notice if it is not. Creating type for optimal
legibility is therefore an ungrateful task, since readers only
register your failures. For instance, typefaces presented under
difficult reading conditions, such as small font sizes in low-
quality newspaper print, or street and building signs viewed
from afar, need to be created in specific ways to function
optimally. To understand the topic in depth, two very different
areas of expertise have been consulted. One area is that of
punch cutters and designers whose professional experience
confers upon them useful knowledge that can help us better
understand the various aspects of the matter; the other is that
of academic reading research, a field in which a significant
amount of relevant scientific studies have been carried o