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Readability Guidelines

Last updated: 7 January, 2020

"Imagine a collaboratively developed, universal content style guide, based on usability evidence." Sarah Winters, project founder.


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Project background

Sarah Winters of Content Design London asked in 2018 if working together we can create evidence-based style readability guidance. Read the first blog post about the project. Watch the London Accessibility MeetUp talk.

Content collaborators in multiple sectors:


Get involved

How to join in:

To share links to usability studies, use the comment section of the relevant wiki topic page.


Wiki comments and edits

This is a totally open project. You're welcome to comment on, and suggest edits for wiki pages. Please:

  • be respectful,

  • support positive open learning with your comments,

  • include usability evidence with your comments,

  • read current wiki pages carefully and review existing evidence before making edit suggestions.

Any other comments or queries, please get in touch on twitter @ContentDesignLN.