Letter size has less effect on legibility than spacing of letters or arrangement of words¶
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Evidence · 1 study · associationalr1·q2
Currency · newest study 1911 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
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q2 i? The size of letters matters less for legibility than letter spacing or word arrangement. → Graves 1911
Evidence¶
Graves 1911¶
Graves, S. Monroe. (1911). A Study in Handwriting. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.jstor.org/journal/jeduapsych
q2 · i? · associational · r1
Summary comparison across the measured mechanical factors of the 604 samples; the article states "The 'size' of the letters has less effect on legibility" than spacing or arrangement.
"The "size" of the letters has less effect on legibility than does "spacing" of the letters, or the "arrangement" of the words."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Medium slant is 9.76 per cent less legible than vertical writing, while mixed writing is 4.26 per cent more legible than extreme slant — related
- Explicit Handwriting Instruction Improves Legibility — related
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letter-size-less-effect-than-spacing-arrangement |
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Letter size has less effect on legibility than spacing of letters or arrangement of words |
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Letter size has less effect on legibility than spacing of letters or arrangement of words |
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1911 |
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