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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

The first is legibility and the second is balance, she said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2023

Adjectives are terrible, but generosity and legibility are important.

From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2022

I’d sacrifice legibility on the altar of speed.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge




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