Modular scale
There were many factors that would impact the final appearance on screen – the source laptop and television's display settings, application's scale behaviour, or reading distance of the person in the room.
A modular scale system was used to provide flexibility in testing font sizes for legibility.
Testing legibility
To maximise legibility for the person at the furthest distance in the room, an out-of-home print-based formula was used to calculate the minimum x-height required of the typeface.
Based on the formula, a room's depth of 3m will require a typeface's x-height to be a minimum of 6mm.
x-height
= viewing distance(mm) / 500
= 3000mm / 500
= 6mm
Testing was done on similar TVs with the same aspect ratio, determining the minimum font size required.
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Maximum viewing distance: 3m
x-height
Extracting more colours from the brand colours
Harmonies that create contrast are typically complementary, triadic, or tetradic on the colour wheel. In this scenario, a triadic harmony was applied on the brand’s primary colour, combined with an analogous harmony to extract additional supporting colours.
