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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
Didot	95.2%	649,780	93.8%
Courier New	96.6%	242,442	93.4%
Georgia	96.2%	177,398	92.8%
Garamond	92.9%	513,063	92.2%
Optima	92.6%	828,132	92.2%

Hardest Typefaces to Identify

typeface	right	total	bayesian
Verdana	83.8%	755,661	86.1%
Helvetica Neue	85.3%	871,421	87.0%
Gill Sans	86.8%	411,513	88.8%
Arial	86.2%	277,660	89.0%
Trebuchet MS	86.3%	240,929	89.2%

Easiest Pairs of Typefaces to Distinguish

typeface pair	right	total	bayesian
Futura vs Times New Roman	98.4%	68,988	97.1%
Didot vs Futura	98.2%	68,245	96.9%
Didot vs Gill Sans	98.9%	38,913	96.7%
Futura vs Garamond	98.1%	55,474	96.6%
Baskerville vs Futura	99.4%	29,829	96.6%

Hardest Pairs of Typefaces to Distinguish

typeface pair	right	total	bayesian
Helvetica Neue vs Verdana	57%	115,539	61.3%
Arial vs Helvetica Neue	53.8%	20,515	70.6%
Arial vs Verdana	59%	20,821	73.4%
Baskerville vs Times New Roman	64.7%	29,416	74.4%
Gill Sans vs Verdana	68.5%	38,513	75.4%