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Got 3/20. I didn't know the characteristics of Arial or Helvetica beforehand. The results show that I can easily tell the two fonts apart, although I don't know

Got 3/20. I didn't know the characteristics of Arial or Helvetica beforehand. The results show that I can easily tell the two fonts apart, although I don't know which is which.

lucb1e 8y ago
3 wrong? If so, same here. I also didn't know the characteristics so at the first logo I noted the differences and tried to remember what I noticed about Arial in the past, guessed correctly, and was able to find common letters in most subsequent ones (and learn new letters). I kept messing up the capital A, otherwise I would have gotten only one mistake.
- The_suffocated 8y ago
  No, not 3 wrong, but only 3 right. I was effectively doing a blinded test. Since I didn't know what are the real differences between the two fonts, all I could do --- as another user has commented --- was to make consistent choices throughout the whole test. Actually I think a blinded test is slightly more meaningful, because the test hypothesis looks simpler.
  - tinus_hn 8y ago
    Most normal users see much more Arial text than Helvetica so it looks more normal to them.
de_Selby 8y ago
Pretty much the same as me, I just tried to be consistent without knowing what each font looks like. It goes to show they are easy to tell apart.
sammorrowdrums 8y ago
Same, then I learned and retried and got 100%... Was eye-opening.
ramshorns 8y ago
Did you not use the results you got along the way to learn which is which?
- jrumbut 8y ago
  I didn't notice them (on my phone) until the last few, not excepting that tiny text to be anything important. I also had no idea of the difference, but got most right by choosing the one that looked "wrong" to me, that one was usually helvetica. Someone above suggested the prevalence of arial makes it look more normal.
skinnymuch 8y ago
Me neither. But there’s still things you could do without looking at specific letters. i was guessing by which looked more stylish or like what an original would look like. Along with obviously looking at if I was right or wrong before. Did you not at least look at what you got right or wrong for the answer before to improve? Getting 3/20 seems a bit too low.

Got 3/20. I didn't know the characteristics of Arial or Helvetica beforehand. The results show that I can easily tell the two fonts apart, although I don't know which is which.

lucb1e 8y ago

3 wrong? If so, same here. I also didn't know the characteristics so at the first logo I noted the differences and tried to remember what I noticed about Arial in the past, guessed correctly, and was able to find common letters in most subsequent ones (and learn new letters). I kept messing up the capital A, otherwise I would have gotten only one mistake.

The_suffocated 8y ago
No, not 3 wrong, but only 3 right. I was effectively doing a blinded test. Since I didn't know what are the real differences between the two fonts, all I could do --- as another user has commented --- was to make consistent choices throughout the whole test. Actually I think a blinded test is slightly more meaningful, because the test hypothesis looks simpler.
- tinus_hn 8y ago
  Most normal users see much more Arial text than Helvetica so it looks more normal to them.

de_Selby 8y ago

Pretty much the same as me, I just tried to be consistent without knowing what each font looks like. It goes to show they are easy to tell apart.

sammorrowdrums 8y ago

Same, then I learned and retried and got 100%... Was eye-opening.

ramshorns 8y ago

Did you not use the results you got along the way to learn which is which?

jrumbut 8y ago
I didn't notice them (on my phone) until the last few, not excepting that tiny text to be anything important. I also had no idea of the difference, but got most right by choosing the one that looked "wrong" to me, that one was usually helvetica. Someone above suggested the prevalence of arial makes it look more normal.

skinnymuch 8y ago

Me neither. But there’s still things you could do without looking at specific letters. i was guessing by which looked more stylish or like what an original would look like. Along with obviously looking at if I was right or wrong before. Did you not at least look at what you got right or wrong for the answer before to improve? Getting 3/20 seems a bit too low.