Reading is a complex process thats is influenced by many factors. The research of Nadine Chahine however, uses specific examples to confirm with scientific accuracy what many have only guessed up until now.
Atilla Koraps Vortrag klingt auf den ersten Blick super technisch, denn es geht um die Optimierung von Webfonts für unterschiedlichste Endgeräte und verschiedenster Gebrauchsbedingungen. Der Experte von Monotype verschafft uns einen Überblick über die Problematik und Optimierungsmöglichkeiten des Type Hintings und zeigt auf, welche Anforderungen es an die Schriften der Zukunft geben wird.
I have to be honest. I actually thought the talk was about legibility and DIN the ‘typeface’. A favourite font of mine, and one that I still and always will hold in the highest regard, I saw the words ‘DIN’, ‘Albert-Jan Pool’ and then everything else was a blur.
There was no mention of The Guardian, Kate Moss, the exquisiteness that is the ‘Marian’ font, nor football. Except during the upfront disclaimer to say that there would be no mention of these things. In fact, it was mostly all about churchyards and gravestones, family trees in the town of Cornwall, generations of lettering, and a hint of american celebrity.
Part lawyer, part author, and part designer, Matthew Butterick issued a 40-minute challenge to web designers. One that had the audience asking themselves questions and desiring to be better.
