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Typeface Statistics

Statistics on which typefaces are easiest or hardest to identify and which pairs of typefaces are easiest or hardest to distinguish. Click on an individual typeface or typeface pair to get more detail.

Easiest Typefaces to Identify

typeface	right	total	bayesian
Georgia	95.9%	642,116	90.1%
Skia	95%	494,074	89.6%
Didot	90.1%	4,744,038	89.5%
Baskerville	91.1%	1,585,535	89.5%
Andale Mono	94.2%	385,917	89.2%
Courier New	96.6%	242,442	89.1%
Bembo	94.9%	258,120	89.0%
Palatino	94.2%	287,355	89.0%
Caslon	92.8%	319,455	88.9%
Garamond	89.2%	3,155,196	88.8%

Hardest Typefaces to Identify

typeface	right	total	bayesian
Verdana	78.5%	5,511,211	81.1%
Helvetica Neue	79%	6,044,468	81.3%
Optima	84.9%	5,836,624	85.7%
Gill Sans	84.9%	2,124,380	86.5%
Times New Roman	86.8%	5,977,942	87.2%
Arial	85.4%	1,026,544	87.3%
Futura	87.2%	3,875,429	87.5%
Roboto	66.4%	61,460	87.6%
Trebuchet MS	86.8%	819,842	87.8%
Tahoma	86.5%	438,413	87.9%

Easiest Pairs of Typefaces to Distinguish

typeface pair	right	total	bayesian
Didot vs Gill Sans	98.1%	230,337	96.0%
Futura vs Times New Roman	96.6%	544,292	95.8%
Baskerville vs Futura	98.8%	143,456	95.7%
Gill Sans vs Times New Roman	97.1%	228,937	95.3%
Didot vs Futura	95.9%	544,901	95.2%
Baskerville vs Helvetica Neue	97.9%	142,374	95.1%
Baskerville vs Verdana	97.8%	142,317	95.1%
Baskerville vs Gill Sans	97.6%	142,522	95.0%
Futura vs Garamond	95.7%	397,241	94.8%
Arial vs Didot	99.5%	69,944	94.6%

Hardest Pairs of Typefaces to Distinguish

typeface pair	right	total	bayesian
Helvetica Neue vs Verdana	54.3%	1,007,719	57.5%
Gill Sans vs Verdana	64.5%	227,922	72.4%
Garamond vs Times New Roman	69.7%	397,728	73.9%
Futura vs Gill Sans	67.3%	229,113	74.4%
Arial vs Helvetica Neue	65.4%	164,618	74.9%
Futura vs Verdana	72.1%	542,493	75.0%
Gill Sans vs Helvetica Neue	69.6%	228,292	76.0%
Baskerville vs Times New Roman	70.4%	196,832	77.2%
Futura vs Helvetica Neue	76%	543,541	78.3%
Arial vs Verdana	60.7%	67,836	78.6%