The Smallest Legible Screen Font

NYU computer science professor Ken Perlin has devised a small yet remarkably readable screen-ready font.

Perlin: “I’ve noticed that Microsoft’s smallest screen fonts are unreadable, whereas their smallest readable screen fonts are way bigger than necessary.”

Above: the first 500 words of the Declaration of Independence.

(Ken Perlin via MAKE via Coudal Partners)

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