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The primary purpose of a typeface is to transfer information. To attain this goal, it must be legible, i.e. the recipient of the information should be able to decode it with as little effort as possible and reassess the symbols to objects and processes they represent. This is generally agreed upon, but it is more difficult to agree upon how legibility can be assessed or even measured.
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Wendt, D. (1994). Legibility. In: Font Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78505-4_12
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