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Readability. The only important aspect of a text typeface is the readability. Many decisions can influence the readability. Which contrast you create, the length of the ascenders and descenders, the rhythm, the blackness of a type, the strength of the curves and the bowls, etc.
可讀性是正文字體的唯一考量指標(biāo)。你對字體所做的許多決定都會(huì)影響可讀性。例如采用怎樣的粗細(xì)對比，上伸部和下伸部的長度，字體的節(jié)奏，黑度，曲線和字碗的力度，等等。
Most of those decision apply to all the characters inside a font. These have to be defined first. For example the contrast. The characters on the top line (see drawing) have a much bigger contrast than the characters on the bottom line. The type on the top line will be more suitable for display use, the type the bottom the bottom line more for text use. Not only because of the difference in contrast, but also because the characters on the top line are much more condensed. This makes them less legible in small sizes, but more eye-catching and flexible for headlines. Defining the contrast and the width are decisions which count for every single character in a font.
大部分的決定會(huì)影響到字體中的全部字符。下面這些是應(yīng)該首先考慮的。比如說粗細(xì)對比。圖例中上面一行的字符筆畫粗細(xì)對比明顯要比下面一行的要大得多。上一行的字體更適合做特排字體，而下一行更適合做正文字體。不僅僅是因?yàn)樗鼈兇旨?xì)對比的差異，還由于上一行的字符的字寬更小，因而在小尺寸下更難以識(shí)別——但是卻更能吸引眼球，在制作標(biāo)題的時(shí)候也更具靈活性。所以在定義字體的粗細(xì)對比和寬度的時(shí)候，要考慮到字體中的全部字符。
But also while designing every single glyph, you can create details which improve the readability of a font. For example, the ear of a 'g' can make sure the reader's eye will follow the horizontal reading direction more fluently. The 'g' on the bottom line will work much better in a text typeface for small sizes (see drawing).
不過，在設(shè)計(jì)每一個(gè)具體字符的時(shí)候，你可以通過增加一些細(xì)節(jié)來提升該字體的可讀性。舉例來說，小寫字母g右上角的字耳會(huì)有助于閱讀者的視線更平滑的水平移動(dòng)。如果用作正文字體，圖中下面一行中的"g"在小尺寸下的表現(xiàn)會(huì)相當(dāng)不錯(cuò)。
英文原文
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出處：藍(lán)色理想
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