readability
Americannoun
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Also readableness. the state or quality of being readable.
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Typography. the property of type that affects the ease with which printed matter can be read for a sustained period.
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“Meaning” is the obvious answer, but other loyalties seem important: tone, clarity, the sound and cadence of the original, as well as readability and, in the case of drama, the demands of performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
The authors prepared the initial manuscript and used ChatGPT to edit selected sections to improve readability.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 17, 2025
While it’s common to simply increase the point size to make text easier to read, Mr Stobberup says that readability is actually determined by x-height.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024
But the most difficult trick of bringing Marlowe to the present day has nothing to do with the present; it lies instead in matching Chandler’s masterful balance of pulp readability and literary sensibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
Thurber, by self-appointed virtuous contrast, saw commas as so many upturned office chairs unhelpfully hurled down the wide-open corridor of readability.
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