Download or read book The Visible Word written by Herbert Spencer and published by Hastings House Book Publishers. This book was released on 1969 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Legibility research in printing is concerned with the efficiency of the visible word. So, too, is the practice of typographical design. During the past century both researchers and designers have put forward proposals for making printed letters communicate more efficiently. This report describes and illustrates some of the more significant of these proposals." --Author; Introduction, page 6.