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Large-print (also large-type or large-font) refers to the formatting of a book or other text document in which the typeface (or font), and sometimes the medium, are considerably larger than usual, to accommodate people who have poor vision. [1]

15 relations: Accessible publishing, American Foundation for the Blind, Braille, Counter (typography), Data storage, Descender, Emphasis (typography), Font, Legibility, Letter-spacing, Lighthouse Guild, Point (typography), Punctuation, Sans-serif, Typeface.

Accessible publishing

Accessible publishing is an approach to publishing and book design whereby books and other texts are made available in alternative formats designed to aid or replace the reading process.

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American Foundation for the Blind

The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is an American non-profit organization for people with vision loss.

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Braille

Braille is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired.

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Counter (typography)

In typography, a counter is the area of a letter that is entirely or partially enclosed by a letter form or a symbol (the counter-space/the hole of).

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Data storage

Data storage is the recording (storing) of information (data) in a storage medium.

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Descender

In typography, a descender is the portion of a letter that extends below the baseline of a font.

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Emphasis (typography)

In typography, emphasis is the strengthening of words in a text with a font in a different style from the rest of the text, to highlight them.

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Font

In metal typesetting, a font was a particular size, weight and style of a typeface.

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Legibility

Legibility is the ease with which a reader can recognize individual characters in text.

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Letter-spacing

Examples of headline letter-spacing In typography, letter-spacing, also referred to as tracking by typographers working with pre-WYSIWYG digital systems, refers to an optically consistent degree of increase (or sometimes decrease) of space between letters to affect visual density in a line or block of text.

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Lighthouse Guild

Lighthouse Guild is an American charitable organization, based in New York City, devoted to vision rehabilitation and advocacy for the blind.

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Point (typography)

In typography, the point is the smallest unit of measure.

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Punctuation

Punctuation (formerly sometimes called pointing) is the use of spacing, conventional signs, and certain typographical devices as aids to the understanding and correct reading of handwritten and printed text, whether read silently or aloud.

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Sans-serif

In typography and lettering, a sans-serif, sans serif, gothic, or simply sans letterform is one that does not have extending features called "serifs" at the end of strokes.

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Typeface

In typography, a typeface (also known as font family) is a set of one or more fonts each composed of glyphs that share common design features.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large-print

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