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Read all about it: how typography influences your understanding

30 Jan 2023 Robert P Crease

Did you spot a recent change to Physics World magazine? Robert P Crease reveals all

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Typographic changes The font or typeface used for a block of text can have a subtle – or unsubtle – influence on the reader. (Courtesy: iStock/ghornephoto)
This January, something at Physics World changed. It took place right before our eyes, but practical

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Robert P Crease is a professor in the Department of Philosophy, Stony Brook University, US and writes the monthly Critical Point column for Physics World, robertpcrease.com, e-mail robert.crease@stonybrook.edu. His latest book is The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory
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