Legibility And Reader-Friendly Font
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sight problems are hit hardest by this flaw.
Next one is closely related to the previous: ligatures should be used only in decorative fonts. Identification involves one additional step – to split the ligature into separate glyphs. And letters tend to merge in words like “tiff”, “flitter”, “fifth”.
The last, but not the least: glyphs should not look too similar.
Currently, there are many glyphs that differ by only a tiny element. Juxtaposition of some glyphs will yield an annoying result – one glyph could be completely lost in another glyph’s shape (e.g. ‘c’ and ‘o’, ‘c’ and ‘e’, ‘i’ and ‘j’, ‘l’ and ‘k’, ‘n’ and ‘h’, ‘v’ and ‘y’, ‘i’ and ‘l’). Because of this, identification requires more effort than necessary. Glyphs should really differ from each other, and their crucial elements should not be too small. I believe, that 1×1 pixel elements
