Readability of typography in psychological journals

Abstract

18 psychological journals were examined for conformance with printing practices demonstrated to be optimal in available research findings. Although the use of type size, line width, italics, and bold face were found to be optimal; practices which were not optimal were concerned with the cover, and cover print color, spatial arrangement of print on a page, and the use of capitals in titles, headings, and cover information. Only one journal used optimal practices in all the categories examined, this was the Journal of Applied Psychology . (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)