UIUX 360 / 29-November-2022 / minute read

Readability

Readability is the extent to which users can easily and accurately read the information on a web page.

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What is Readability?

Overview

Readability is the extent to which users can easily and accurately read the information on a web page. Readability is the ease of reading with which a reader can understand a written text.

Readability is the measurement of the complexity of the words and sentence structure in a piece of content. The assumption behind this metric is that complex sentences are harder to parse and read than simple sentences. In natural language, the readability of text depends on the complexity of its vocabulary, syntax, and its presentation (typographic aspects like font size, line height, line length, and character spacing). Researchers have used various factors to measure readability, Speed of perception, Perceptibility at a distance, Perceptibility in peripheral vision, Visibility, etc.