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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%	638,548	90.1%
Didot	90.2%	4,696,276	89.6%
Skia	95%	491,279	89.6%
Baskerville	91.1%	1,571,852	89.5%
Andale Mono	94.2%	383,707	89.2%
Courier New	96.6%	242,442	89.2%
Bembo	94.9%	256,592	89.0%
Palatino	94.2%	285,663	89.0%
Caslon	92.8%	317,494	88.9%
Garamond	89.2%	3,131,823	88.8%

Hardest Typefaces to Identify

typeface	right	total	bayesian
Verdana	78.5%	5,450,718	81.1%
Helvetica Neue	79%	5,978,239	81.3%
Optima	85%	5,774,163	85.8%
Gill Sans	85%	2,112,716	86.6%
Times New Roman	86.9%	5,907,957	87.2%
Arial	85.4%	1,019,183	87.3%
Roboto	66.4%	61,376	87.6%
Futura	87.3%	3,841,799	87.6%
Trebuchet MS	86.8%	815,859	87.8%
Tahoma	86.5%	435,657	87.9%

Easiest Pairs of Typefaces to Distinguish

typeface pair	right	total	bayesian
Didot vs Gill Sans	98.1%	229,025	96.0%
Futura vs Times New Roman	96.7%	538,964	95.9%
Baskerville vs Futura	98.8%	142,764	95.7%
Gill Sans vs Times New Roman	97.1%	227,625	95.3%
Didot vs Futura	95.9%	539,620	95.2%
Baskerville vs Helvetica Neue	97.9%	141,643	95.2%
Baskerville vs Verdana	97.8%	141,616	95.1%
Baskerville vs Gill Sans	97.6%	141,912	95.0%
Futura vs Garamond	95.7%	393,982	94.8%
Arial vs Didot	99.5%	69,626	94.6%

Hardest Pairs of Typefaces to Distinguish

typeface pair	right	total	bayesian
Helvetica Neue vs Verdana	54.3%	994,763	57.5%
Gill Sans vs Verdana	64.5%	226,678	72.4%
Garamond vs Times New Roman	69.7%	394,541	73.9%
Futura vs Gill Sans	67.3%	227,714	74.4%
Arial vs Helvetica Neue	65.2%	161,373	74.9%
Futura vs Verdana	72.2%	537,273	75.1%
Gill Sans vs Helvetica Neue	69.7%	227,023	76.1%
Baskerville vs Times New Roman	69.6%	190,121	76.8%
Futura vs Helvetica Neue	76.1%	538,269	78.4%
Arial vs Verdana	60.7%	67,534	78.5%