Legibility Versus Readability in Typography and Design

The usual purpose of text is to be read. Legibility and readability determine whether your text will fulfill its purpose. In this video, you'll learn what those two words mean and how they differ with regard to typography, as well as strategies to ensure that your text is always instantly understandable AS text, and then that it is easy and inviting to read.
Excerpted from Pariah Burke's comprehensive Pluralsight video course, Illustrator CC Typography: abbrv.it/AiTypo

[@Ellipsis115]

1:32 Whats the font on the 4th row thats REALLY readable

[@michaelrandall2070]

The NHS have reduced size of prescriptions and type font, labelling of tablets etc.
So now a magnifying glass is needed by most people of 50 and above.
Bold type is easier to read on a computer or mobile. So introduce a new 'extra bold'.

[@SuperKingbunny]

amazing vid

[@muhammadshaheed1015]

Awesome, well explained!

[@dhyanimation]

great and concise ..thank you.

[@benw9949]

Other things to consider: -- This video doesn't do a great job on these two. People with vision problems have real difficulty with these. What the video gets right, it also loses some for not considering better usage.
Poor contrast in hue, saturation, and lightness of color usage; (This wasn't done for the heading / title cards on the key points. This doesn't mean you can't use nice colors. It only means to use them in text and backgrounds more carefully.)
Font weight for light/thin (regular) versus heavy/thick (boldness); (The current fad for overly-light fonts for display headings or body text creates problems for many people in many usage cases. Fonts that are too heavy at lower point sizes can also fill in too much. But a range of legible/readable weights helps get across clear text and priority.)
Whether for product design, in-print or on-screen text at various sizes, or logo design, these are points which can damage effectiveness of text people need to read.

[@MM-cr9rj]

Thank you,!