BA Eng Typo Advice
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Conducive Reading Environments • Describe your ideal reading environment • Explain your reasoning
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ConduciveReadingEnvironments
• Describeyouridealreadingenvironment
• Explainyourreasoning
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LoweringVisualNoise
• Usealimitedcolourpale:e,Use2‐3colourstocontrastwithfullcolourvisuals.
• Avoidbrightbackgroundscolourswithsimilarcolourtonedtype.
• Limituseoftypefaces,i.e.2/3maximum.
• Don’tusebrightcolouredtypeforbodycopy.Useblack,grey,darkcolours.
• Don’tuseoverdecoraKvefaces.
‐Avoidlonglinelengths.Nomorethan12wordsonaline.‐Use‘serif’fonts(Georgia,Times,Baskerville)forparagraphsoftextmorethan150words.Itiseasiertoread.
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