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Tiresias
 — a family of typefaces designed for legibility on screens, signs and labels
Author(s)John Gill
Corporate AuthorScientific Research Unit, Royal National Institute for the Blind - RNIB
PublisherRNIB, London, 2000
Pagesunnumbered folded brochure
SourceRNIB Scientific Research Unit, 224 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5AA.
KeywordsVisual impairment ; Signs ; Information technology ; Design.
AnnotationReading information from electronic screens now used by used by banks, transport systems and the like can be difficult, particularly for older people and those with low vision. This foldout brochure provides information about and examples of the various forms of Tiresias fonts, a range of typefaces designed to maximise legibility on screens, labelling and signage. The fonts were developed by the author together with Janet Silver (former Principal Optometrist, Moorfields Eye Hospital), Christopher Sharville (Creative Director, Laker Sharville Design Associates), and Peter O'Donnell (type consultant). The Tiresias typeface was originally designed in response to the need for improving the text for television subtitling. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-010905227 P
ClassmarkBR: UH: UVB: 33 *

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