>Doesn't the 'Smallcaps' character format - truetype fonts - already give you
>large capitals for capitals and 'small capitals' for lower-case?
>
>Ian F.
>
>: Thanks for Graham's address. I wrote him a note and had a long conversati=
>: on
>: yesterday. I find his argument convincing although very much against the
>: conventional wisdom: basically there are fewer ambiguities and confusible=
>: s
>: in upper case than lower. So where people are decoding letter by letter
>: rather than word by word, capitals are easier, and word shape is
>....
I've been following this link with interest. I am a graphic designer who
teaches both print graphics and screen-based graphics. The arguement about
legibility of caps v lower case goes back to the beginning of print and has
never been verified (to my knowledge) however it is generally assumed
within the design industry that lower case provides a cleaner and more
receptive communication. A simple test is to cover the lower half of a line
of text and to read it and then do the same with lower case. In most
instances people will be able to read the lower case easier. This is
because most of the information relating to each character is stonger in
lower case. I'll continue to follow the story but in the meantime, I would
suggest that if anybody is interested in designing typefaces for dsylexics
that they use the web to contact many of the type founders and publishers
and obtain printed copies of their catalogues. It's not worth reinventing
the wheel if a suitable typeface/s exists already. As there are literally
thousands of new faces there should be some that might prove interesting
for this initiative and not necessarily the 'assumed' legible designs like
mid-weight sans faces.
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