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Recent Examples of legibility
But under certain circumstances—when using some shades of gray as your background or an image that's dark in some areas but light in others—macOS will still draw an extremely subtle drop-shadow underneath the menu bar area to maintain legibility.
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ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Due to the challenges in maintaining legibility and uniformity across these textures, only certain colors are viable.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
The Currents errs only in the final act, positing an explanation for Lina’s state that tips the screenplay’s delicate balance of elusiveness and legibility too far toward the latter.
—Jon Frosch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Due to the challenges in maintaining legibility and uniformity across these textures, only certain colors are viable.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
The Currents errs only in the final act, positing an explanation for Lina’s state that tips the screenplay’s delicate balance of elusiveness and legibility too far toward the latter.
—Jon Frosch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for legibility
readability
Noun
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The stuff underneath is still visible, but readability is prioritized above translucency.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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Concerns about readability, motion, and visual complexity echo the resistance that met iOS 7 more than a decade ago.—
Bill Schiffmiller,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Legibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legibility. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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