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legibility

[lej-uh-bil-i-tee] / ˌlɛdʒ əˈbɪl ɪ ti /










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User-friendly design can save lives by allowing for legibility and shared understanding, making it safer to run nuclear power plants, air traffic control towers, and robotic surgical systems.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

For many designers, increasing the x-height is key to increasing legibility .

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

Mellissa Prunty, a senior lecturer in occupational therapy at Brunel University London, was part of a team that developed a way to measure and quantify the legibility of handwriting.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2023

De la tierra was always just a little bit outside of legibility.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2022

I’d sacrifice legibility on the altar of speed.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge




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