Readability is not just a recent and web related issue:
Flesh, and Rudolph, "The Art of Readable Writing", Macmillan Publishing, 1949
- Flesch-Vacca (Italian version)
206-(0,6*S) – P
S = syllables/words
P = average number of words per sentence
- Gulpease (Gruppo Universitario Linguistico
Pedagogico)
89 – (Lp/10)+(3*Fr)
Lp = (100 * total of characters)/total of words
Fr = (100 * total of sentences)/total of words
- Kinkaid (Italian version)
11,8*S+0.39*P – 15,59
S = sillables/words
P = words/sentences
