Speaking the language of fonts: Part 1

摘要

So why is the x-height of concern to a font designer? The answer is readability, especially when a font is primarily intended for use with text. At the turn of the 20th century, as commercial font design came of age, much experimentation was done with the readability of a font design. One great concern was how closely lines of text could be set before a reader, especially of newspapers, would find an article difficult to read.