legibility
legibility Lexical Profile
legibility Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The quality of handwriting, print, or visual symbols being clear enough to be easily recognized and read.
"The graphic designer adjusted the letter spacing and font weight to improve the legibility of the highway signs from a distance."
The degree to which an environment, social system, or complex structure can be easily understood, navigated, or interpreted.
"Urban planners often use distinct landmarks and grid layouts to enhance the spatial legibility of a city for visitors."
Word Nuance & Usage
In typography and design, 'legibility' refers specifically to how easily individual characters or glyphs can be distinguished from one another, whereas 'readability' refers to how comfortably and effortlessly blocks of text can be read and comprehended as a whole.
• Rhymes for legibility
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the 17th century from 'legible' plus the suffix '-ity', ultimately tracing back to the Late Latin 'legibilis' ('that can be read'), from the Latin verb 'legere' ('to read, choose, or gather').
Usage Trend
Historical frequency of usage in published text.