Archive for the 'Legibility research' Category

Turn the other cheek

Posted by nadine on April 13th, 2008

If someone hits you on the left cheek, and you like reading, then do as the bible says and turn the other one.

Research has shown that the reading process is localized in the left hemisphere (left half of your brain) so you might want to protect that bit if you like to occasionally snuggle in […]

Candidate for a PhD in Legibility Studies for Arabic

Posted by nadine on November 14th, 2007

This is an announcement long overdue: As of of Sept 2007 I am a PhD candidate at Leiden University. My research tackles legibility studies on the Arabic script, and will be supervised by renowned Dutch type designer Gerard Unger. I wasn’t late in posting for lack of excitement, quite the opposite! I’ve been very busy […]

Recent legibility studies

Posted by nadine on May 26th, 2007

For those who are interested, these are posts that discuss them:
http:blogs.msdn.com/fontblog/archive/2005/10/28/486511.aspx
http:blogs.msdn.com/fontblog/archive/2005/12/13/503236.aspx