[saycheese]

Typography to me injects bias that I largely see as artifacts of the past; your comment that people read lettering best that they know speaks to this.

Closet I've seen to research I more interested in was a grid of pixels randomly configured, displayed to the user for them to recall, hidden, them compared to what the user was able to recall. Study found that patterns on the borders of the grid were more likely to be recalled.

Thanks for sharing all the info and links, I look forward to digging into them.