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Readability describes how comfortable it is for a person to engage with text created with legible type. Three factors determine readability: The person’s unique attributes (visual acuity, disabilities, and other health factors), what the text itself says, and the typography—both the choice of typeface and how it’s used. Readability should not be confused with legibility, although legibility does affect readability.

![Two paragraphs of identical text, with the left paragraph set with negative tracking and tight leading—both of which make it much harder to read. The paragraph on the right, with default tracking and more generous leading, is much more readable.](images/thumbnail.svg)

Readability can be influenced by how interesting the text is for the person reading it, how complicated the topic and the syntax are, whether or not it’s written in an engaging style, how frequently certain words appear throughout the text, and how legible the typeface used is. Typographic characteristics that can influence readability include font weight, character spacing, x-height, and line height.