From: Viviana Monsalve Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 23:08:12 +0000 (-0500) Subject: sizecalc.com broken link deleted X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=acdc00406ce9e3d216df8d6fb69763cefaac8665;p=thirdparty%2Fgoogle%2Ffonts.git sizecalc.com broken link deleted --- diff --git a/cc-by-sa/knowledge/modules/using_type/lessons/the_complications_of_typographic_size/content.md b/cc-by-sa/knowledge/modules/using_type/lessons/the_complications_of_typographic_size/content.md index d60f6ed793..e12a133237 100644 --- a/cc-by-sa/knowledge/modules/using_type/lessons/the_complications_of_typographic_size/content.md +++ b/cc-by-sa/knowledge/modules/using_type/lessons/the_complications_of_typographic_size/content.md @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Even young children understand that the closer something is to your eyes, the la -For example, [type](/glossary/type) with a physical size of 72 points viewed from a distance of 10 inches has [a perceived size](https://sizecalc.com/#distance=10inches&physical-size=72points&perceived-size-units=arcminutes) of about 5.72°, or 343 arcminutes. To match that same perceived size from 1.5 times the distance (15 inches away), you’d have to also [increase the physical size](https://sizecalc.com/#distance=15inches&perceived-size=343.488627arcminutes&physical-size-units=points) by 1.5 times (to 108 points). +For example, [type](/glossary/type) with a physical size of 72 points viewed from a distance of 10 inches has a perceived size of about 5.72°, or 343 arcminutes. To match that same perceived size from 1.5 times the distance (15 inches away), you’d have to also increase the physical size by 1.5 times (to 108 points). Angular measurements like this are the basis of [visual acuity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_acuity) tests you may be familiar with from the [eye charts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_chart) at your optician’s office. They also inform standards about the design of traffic signs and other critical text-based information. This way of measuring perceived size is among the most relevant when it comes to how we experience text in the real world because it’s directly related to how quickly and easily we can decipher letters and words.