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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	94.7%	1,626,314	93.0%
Georgia	96.3%	438,770	91.9%
Garamond	92.6%	1,261,073	91.4%
Optima	92%	1,956,273	91.3%
Skia	95.1%	342,623	91.2%
Courier New	96.6%	242,442	91.2%
Baskerville	92.7%	824,180	91.1%
Times New Roman	91.3%	2,016,506	90.8%
Andale Mono	94.2%	266,006	90.7%
Bembo	95.8%	167,395	90.6%

Hardest Typefaces to Identify

typeface	right	total	bayesian
Verdana	83.3%	1,835,404	85.2%
Helvetica Neue	84%	2,041,748	85.6%
Gill Sans	86.9%	997,102	88.1%
Arial	86.5%	645,129	88.2%
Trebuchet MS	86.6%	562,720	88.3%
Roboto	54.4%	27,041	88.4%
Lucida Grande	86.9%	492,515	88.5%
Tahoma	86.5%	296,022	88.7%
Monaco	89.9%	382,487	89.6%
Caslon	93.5%	211,526	90.4%

Easiest Pairs of Typefaces to Distinguish

typeface pair	right	total	bayesian
Futura vs Times New Roman	98.3%	173,122	97.1%
Didot vs Futura	98%	172,853	96.8%
Didot vs Gill Sans	98.9%	95,620	96.8%
Futura vs Garamond	98.1%	138,644	96.7%
Baskerville vs Futura	99.4%	70,266	96.6%
Garamond vs Helvetica Neue	97.6%	137,878	96.3%
Baskerville vs Helvetica Neue	98.9%	69,643	96.3%
Baskerville vs Verdana	98.8%	69,924	96.2%
Gill Sans vs Times New Roman	98.1%	94,945	96.2%
Baskerville vs Gill Sans	98.6%	69,938	96.1%

Hardest Pairs of Typefaces to Distinguish

typeface pair	right	total	bayesian
Helvetica Neue vs Verdana	56.7%	284,491	60.9%
Arial vs Helvetica Neue	59.5%	57,700	72.5%
Arial vs Verdana	59.8%	45,588	74.5%
Baskerville vs Times New Roman	65.2%	71,326	74.6%
Gill Sans vs Verdana	68%	94,659	74.9%
Helvetica Neue vs Roboto	54.4%	27,041	76.5%
Futura vs Gill Sans	70.3%	94,678	76.6%
Garamond vs Times New Roman	74.4%	138,225	78.2%
Gill Sans vs Helvetica Neue	73.7%	94,401	79.0%
Lucida Grande vs Verdana	66.9%	31,647	80.6%