Verdana

Lower case Verdana

Upper case Verdana

Verdana Type Family


A type family incorporates all the variations of a single typeface including the range of different weights, widths and italics. They provide the designer with options that work together in a constant way

Legibility

How easy it is to distinguish one letter from another within a typeface, legible typefaces usually have larger counters. How legible a typeface is all depends on its purpose 

Readability

How easy words, phrases and blocks of type can be read, more readable type encourages for it to be read as it requires less effort. More readable type should be understood straight away as its the words which are readable not the typeface.

Conclusion to readability and legibility

From the information i have about legibility and readability the Verdana typeface is both readable and legible as each character of the typeface can easily be distinguished between one and other, also when the typeface is used in blocks of type its very easily read. Things that may effect the readability and legibility is the Tracking , Horizontal and Vertical scale

  

Character tab

 font, font style, font size,  leading,kerning,tracking, horizontal scale,  vertical scale, character rotation, bassline  shift. These are all the keys for typographic use in illustrator.

Verdana Tracking

This is the outcome for Verdana when tracking is used, tracking closes the spacing between each letter, this makes the word less readable. Each character isn't easy to be told apart so the word is also less legible.

Horizontal scale

Horizontal scale is how stretched out the typeface is this is only 150% but at a higher scale would make this typeface much less readable and legible.

Vertical Scale
Vertical scale is how stretched vertically the typeface is, at a much higher scale percentage this typeface would be very distorted and almost be fully illegible and non readable.