If you’re using the Verdana typeface in your printed documents, stop now.
There is no need and it is helping destroy the planet.
Verdana takes up about 19% more horizontal space than Arial. So a switch away from Verdana could reduce your paper costs by up to 19%. For further savings, switch [...]
To find out which of the UK’s national newspapers has the best readability, I chose a news story at random that was recently covered in each of the newspapers.
I tested the readability of each newspaper’s article using my own online readability testing tool.
I’ve just released the first version of The Readability Testing Tool. It takes either a supplied URI, or directly inputted text.
Indices measured
Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease
Flesch Kincaid Grade Level
Gunning Fog Score
Coleman Liau Index
Automated Readability Index.
Flesch Kincaid Reading Ease is a scale of 0-100. A high score means the text is easier to read. Low scores suggest [...]