The narrative approach adopted by Kershaw makes for readability, but it does not, it must be said, make it easy for him – or the reader – to disentangle the various elements of the "mentalities" he traces and to work out which mattered and how.
Its readability, its ability to make Umuofia the centre of the world makes it everybody's African village.
It does not provide a layout that is focused on human readability, and it is not intended to be used as a directly editable set of objects in Python/JavaScript without some code in front of it to aid in manipulation/keeping the representation consistent.
The questionnaire underwent several rounds of testing to improve its face validity, content validity, clarity and readability before it was mounted on the internet.
(Medium.com, of course, does an amazing job with big type and readability, but it doesn't need to integrate advertising -- at least not yet -- as it floats on a sea of VC bucks).
The book also dwells on the importance of the distinction between legibility and readability when it comes to choosing typefaces; the psychology of favorite fonts; and why type nuts love the ampersand symbol, loathe Comic Sans and are suspicious of Arial — but how, despite their doubts, Arial Black has become one of the most popular fonts, along with Frutiger, for European soccer shirts.
Given the subjectivity of this type of readability assessment, it is reasonable that a moderate consistency was observed throughout the websites assessed.
It's also a book that suffers from phoniness and authorial manipulation, a novel that for all its easy readability lacks its predecessor's persuasiveness and charm.
There is a deliciousness to this novel, a warmth and readability that render it unputdownable and will surely make it a hit.
