Sofie Beier

Sofie Beier

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Influence of letter boldness

Small point sizes should be set at relatively bold weights, while light and heavy weights should not be used when legibility is important.
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Paper & presentation, 2018-19

Paper & presentation, 2018

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Legibility of numerals

Complex skeletons lower recognition. We have shown that within well-known characters shapes, some variations are significantly easier to recognize than others.
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Design for older readers

With greater age follows a range of reading deficits, which can be met through the right setting of typography. We show new scientific findings on the legibility of typefaces for elderly readers and suggest ways of improving visual acuity for this target group.
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Paper & presentation, 2019

Research poster, 2019

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Shifting numerals

We found evidence suggesting that vertical shifts might be a useful source of visual information during digit crowding, although it did also disrupt other sources of visual information.
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Embellished display typefaces
Investigating the effect of different ways of creating embellished typefaces, we found that when choosing between different styles, it is recommended to choose typefaces where the letter skeleton is not too complicated to decode.
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Research paper, 2017

Published book, 2017

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The book Type Tricks

Heavy on illustrations and with very little text. In an easy approachable manner, the book shows the many tips and tricks you can use in the design of new typefaces.
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The Book Reading Letters
If you want to understand typeface legibility and how it is dealt with in science and in design history, this is the book for you.
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Published book, 2012

PhD thesis, 2009

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PhD thesis on typeface legibility

The PhD thesis by Sofie Beier focused on typeface legibility and how this was affected by the reader’s familiarity with the font. The thesis is available for download.
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Font family Engel New Sans and Engel New Serif
A font family for all-round use.
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Available from The Northern Block
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Typeface family Ovink

To identify the most legible letter variations to implement in the typeface family, the regular weight was exposed to experimental legibility investigations doing the design process.
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Available from The Northern Block
Typeface family Spencer
To identify the most legible letter variations to implement in the typeface family, the regular weight was exposed to experimental legibility investigations doing the design process.
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Available from The Northern Block
Spencer4b
Typeface
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