The visual appearance of most scripts corresponds with the basic constraints of the human visual system, thus facilitating the perception and processing of letters. For example, cardinals (horizontal ...

Leah Ke Yi Zheng, "Untitled" (2023), acrylic and pigments on silk over mahogany stretcher, 108 x 85 inches (all images courtesy the artist and David Lewis) The second time I saw the exhibition Leah Ke ...

For a reliable visual test, it is important to evaluate the legibility of the symbols, which depends on several factors. Previous studies have compared the legibility of Latin optotypes. This study ...

Last week, political scientist James C. Scott passed away. Scott’s 1998 book, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed, easily ranks near the top of my most ...

Since its introduction, cryptocurrency governance has been one of the most controversial global financial topics. While some countries have established elaborate regulations for cryptocurrencies, many ...

From 1829 to 1846 a team of British cartographers created a world first: a complete ordnance map of a country. It was a monumental undertaking. Led by Thomas Colby, engineers from the Royal Sappers ...

Scientists analyzed and compared the letters of more than 100 scripts from all over the globe. They found no evidence for a long-term evolution of legibility, but found that the orientation of lines ...

Legibility is a useful concept that can explain how market regulations evolve over time through the interplay of market demand for and state supply of regulation. It can explain the puzzling ...

image: Olivier Morin from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena analyzed and compared the letters of more than 100 scripts from all over the globe. He found no evidence for ...