legibility

[ lej-uh-bil-i-tee ]

noun

1. Also leg·i·ble·ness []. the state or quality of being legible.
2. Also called visibility. Typography. the quality of type that affects the perceptibility of a word, line, or paragraph of printed matter. Compare readability ( def 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of legibility¹

First recorded in 1670–80; legible + -ity

Example Sentences

For many designers, increasing the x-height is key to increasing legibility .

From BBC

Contemporary public self-burnings draw their rhetorical and political force from their legibility in relation to an established practice of suicidal resistance.

From Salon

The first is legibility and the second is balance, she said.

From Seattle Times

There are so many layers to performance within a disabled art practice, because the disabled individual is constantly having to perform disabled legibility.

From Los Angeles Times

The office noted that these terms were spelled out on the Amazon.pl website, but their legibility and placement made them difficult to read by consumers.

From Reuters

Related Words

• accuracy
• brightness
• certainty
• directness
• lucidity
• precision
• purity
• simplicity
• transparency