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    1. …in reply to @alastc
      @alastc Also: the final display medium also has an effect. Ink bleeds on different papers. Displays render pixels differently. Software gets in the mix. I’d say you have a challenge on your hands to try and isolate stroke weight as a single factor given the variables.
  1. …in reply to @markboulton
    @alastc Also: culture. Blackletter style was once considered perfectly acceptable about a hundred years ago. Not really anymore. And preferences and perception continually shift seemingly regardless to functional benefit (see car control UI for an example of this)