What is it about?
Most studies on the legibility of highway signs focus on the legibility of Latin typefaces. Few legibility studies of Arabic typefaces are considered in highway signage. The current study is an empirical assessment of the legibility of the Boutros Advertisers Naskh Arabic typeface, the typeface commonly used in road signage in most Middle Eastern and North African countries. The study uses common highway signs configuration within a laboratory-based simulated driving experience. The results show that Boutros Advertisers Naskh has a high threshold, which indicates low legibility on road signs, and that it requires significant improvements for continued use.
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Why is it important?
This is the first legibility study for Arabic typefaces used on road signs that looks into typographic design variables.
Perspectives
Doing this research was challenging but rewarding! Exploring a new area of Arabic typographic research that focuses on legibility is interesting and distinctive. This paper will be of interest for a wide range of graphic design and type design practitioners and researchers.
Shaima Elbardawil
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This page is a summary of: Empirical assessment of the legibility of the Naskh-style typeface used on Arabic road signs, Information Design Journal, September 2023, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/idj.22022.elb.
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