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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%	636,602	90.2%
Didot	90.3%	4,595,866	89.7%
Skia	95%	489,899	89.7%
Baskerville	91.2%	1,555,923	89.6%
Andale Mono	94.2%	382,837	89.3%
Courier New	96.6%	242,442	89.2%
Bembo	95%	256,079	89.1%
Palatino	94.3%	284,946	89.1%
Caslon	92.8%	316,775	88.9%
Garamond	89.3%	3,077,114	88.9%

Hardest Typefaces to Identify

typeface	right	total	bayesian
Verdana	78.6%	5,329,033	81.2%
Helvetica Neue	79.1%	5,851,299	81.4%
Optima	85.2%	5,650,042	86.0%
Gill Sans	85%	2,083,960	86.6%
Arial	85.4%	1,015,039	87.3%
Times New Roman	87%	5,780,341	87.3%
Roboto	66.4%	61,112	87.6%
Futura	87.4%	3,766,083	87.7%
Trebuchet MS	86.8%	812,833	87.9%
Lucida Grande	87.1%	708,744	88.0%

Easiest Pairs of Typefaces to Distinguish

typeface pair	right	total	bayesian
Didot vs Gill Sans	98.2%	225,293	96.1%
Futura vs Times New Roman	96.7%	526,820	95.9%
Baskerville vs Futura	98.8%	140,941	95.7%
Gill Sans vs Times New Roman	97.2%	223,960	95.4%
Didot vs Futura	96%	527,370	95.3%
Baskerville vs Helvetica Neue	98%	139,860	95.2%
Baskerville vs Verdana	97.9%	139,835	95.2%
Baskerville vs Gill Sans	97.6%	140,119	95.0%
Futura vs Garamond	95.8%	385,981	94.9%
Arial vs Didot	99.5%	69,307	94.7%

Hardest Pairs of Typefaces to Distinguish

typeface pair	right	total	bayesian
Helvetica Neue vs Verdana	54.4%	969,361	57.7%
Gill Sans vs Verdana	64.6%	223,020	72.5%
Garamond vs Times New Roman	69.9%	386,635	74.1%
Futura vs Gill Sans	67.4%	224,034	74.4%
Arial vs Helvetica Neue	65.2%	160,786	74.8%
Futura vs Verdana	72.3%	525,068	75.2%
Gill Sans vs Helvetica Neue	69.8%	223,360	76.1%
Baskerville vs Times New Roman	69.8%	188,044	76.9%
Arial vs Verdana	60.7%	67,216	78.5%
Futura vs Helvetica Neue	76.2%	526,009	78.5%