Show NEW I 1 ajo 1 az NI ABLIT NEEDED necdet improte tm proTe U could be B made la in the A i style of types 7 record the following on i 1101 al is reached by dr ind L aiA I 1 Franz in a recent In uon tion owie e legibility leg of letters lettera used in to quote a notice in science the auth author ora investigate the size and style of type the color and quality of paper and the illumination type lype should hould not be less than 15 millimeters 06 inch in height it should be I 1 leaded and the illumination of the printed page should not be less than candle meters the light given by candles at the distance of a yard yet most school books are printed in small type without leads on poor or glazed paper and the illumination in many school rooms Is less than two candle meters the relative legibility of the small letters Is in the following order d k m q h b p w u I 1 j t v z r 0 f n x e I 1 g c s thus some of the letters most frequently used are among the most illegible the letters used in printing were developed from those used in writing ind and these were evolved in accordance with the convenience of the writer not for the advantage of the reader now that we write chiefly with the printing press it is absurd to retain symbols whose legibility would be greatly improved by a slight modification |