Read me!
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To keep attention focused, readability is key.
More and more text-based content is shared over the Internet, but not everything is thoroughly read. In fact, by the time this article reaches the next screen, a significant share of you will have already stopped reading.
New York subway, 2019. Photo: Susan Jane Golding, CC by 2.0
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Left: World Wide Web project, 1991. Right: Docu + Design Daube, Zürich, 1997
Left: yahoo.com, 1996. Right: FeedMag, 1996
Left: Amnesty International, 1996. Right: Apple Computers, 1997
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Georgia designed in 1993 by Matthew Carter and hinted by Tom Rickner
Verdana designed in 1996 by Matthew Carter and hinted by Tom Rickner
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Die Epilog, issue 6: “Wir kommen. Thema: Generation”, 2017. Photo: Sarah Bergmann & Diana Decker for Die Epilog
n extremis, Arts House catalog. © M.Giesser. Image via mgiesser.com
Itinerari newspaper supplement redesigned by Tomo Tomo. Image via fontsinuse.com
Latvian photography 2019 annual. © Alexey Murashko
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Render some of the numbers as an image or a shape
Use unique fonts for headers
Balance text with images