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Lucida is an extended family of related typefaces designed by Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes and released from 1984 onwards. The family is intended to be extremely legible when printed at small size or displayed on a low-resolution display – hence the name, from 'lucid'. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: LucidaA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Photoprotective Agents Obtained from Aromatic Plants Grown in Colombia: Total Phenolic Content, Antioxidant Activity, and Assessment of Cytotoxic Potential in Cancer Cell Lines of Cymbopogon flexuosus L. and Tagetes lucida Cav. Essential OilsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Secret knowledgeThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Differentiating Anti-Lamina Lucida and Anti-Sublamina Densa Anti-BMZ Antibodies by Indirect Immunofluorescence on 1.0 M Sodium Chloride-Separated SkinCited 433 times
- Go sideways: Lucida GrandeA closely related topic
- Go sideways: List of typefacesA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Differentiating Anti-Lamina Lucida and Anti-Sublamina Densa Anti-BMZ Antibodies by Indirect Immunofluorescence on 1.0 M Sodium Chloride-Separated Skin
Modes of Inhibition of α -Amylase and α -Glucosidase by Aqueous Extract of Morinda lucida Benth Leaf
Antifungal and Antibacterial Activities of Mexican Tarragon (Tagetes lucida)
Bullous Pemphigoid and Cicatricial Pemphigoid Autoantibodies React with Ultrastructurally Separable Epitopes on the BP180 Ectodomain: Evidence that BP180 Spans the Lamina Lucida
Green synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles using Morinda lucida leaf extract and evaluation of its antioxidant and antimicrobial activity
Effects of Three Compounds Extracted fromMorinda lucidaonPlasmodium falciparum
Identification and Partial Characterization of a Novel 105-kDalton Lower Lamina Lucida Autoantigen Associated with a Novel Immune-Mediated Subepidermal Blistering Disease
Exploring Antioxidant and Enzymes (A-Amylase and B-Glucosidase) Inhibitory Activity of Morinda lucida and Momordica charantia Leaves from Benin
🆕 Influential since 2022
Photoprotective Agents Obtained from Aromatic Plants Grown in Colombia: Total Phenolic Content, Antioxidant Activity, and Assessment of Cytotoxic Potential in Cancer Cell Lines of Cymbopogon flexuosus L. and Tagetes lucida Cav. Essential Oils
Antimalarial Activities of a Therapeutic Combination of Azadirachta indica, Mangifera indica and Morinda lucida Leaves: A Molecular View of its Activity on Plasmodium falciparum Proteins
Pharmacokinetics and Tissue Distribution of Coumarins from Tagetes lucida in an LPS-Induced Neuroinflammation Model
In-vitro and in-vivo biological potential of the prepared Feroniella lucida mediated silver nanoparticles
Tagetes lucida Cav. essential oil and the mixture of its main compounds are antibacterial and modulate antibiotic resistance in multi-resistant pathogenic bacteria
📚 Books worth reading
Secret knowledgeDavid Hockney · 2001
The camera lucida in art and scienceJohn H. Hammond · 1987
Tracings of lightLarry J. Schaaf · 1989
Conseils aux artistes et aux amateurs, sur l'application de la chambre claire (camera lucida) à l'art du dessin, ou, Instruction théorique et pratique sur cet instrument, ses différentes formes et son utilité dans les arts et les sciencesCharles Chevalier · 1838- 📕Description of the camera lucidaBasil Hall · 1830
Cornelius VarleyCornelius Varley · 2005- 📕Contribucion al estudio de la citología, histología y fisiología vegetalManuel Serrano Muñoz · 1937
- 📕Sopra le camere lucideGiovanni Battista Amici · 1819
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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