Visibility and legibility of five-letter words in different experimental conditions
The length of a word depends on the number of characters that make it up. Since we are constantly confronted with words (information), a suitable typeface should be chosen to make reading comfortable and easy. The number of characters can affect how visible a word is and, more importantly, how quick...
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| author | Primož Weingerl Uroš Nedeljković Nace Pušnik |
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| description | The length of a word depends on the number of characters that make it up. Since we are constantly confronted with words (information), a suitable typeface should be chosen to make reading comfortable and easy. The number of characters can affect how visible a word is and, more importantly, how quickly the word can be read and understood. For this reason, we conducted tests with five-letter words randomly displayed at the four positions on the screen. The study examined the minimum time required to recognize five-letter words. Five different typefaces (Calibri, Georgia, Swiss 721, Trebuchet, Verdana) were included in the study to determine which of the screen typefaces read the fastest. The Georgia typeface performed the best regardless of the other conditions. The time to read upper-case letters was much shorter than lower-case and sentence-case letters. For words presented in the upper positions of the screen, the recognition time was shorter than for the lower positions of the screen. Different combinations of variables showed that some were better suited for on-screen use. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d407e1b0da34fb6abd6c3cc1a2b5f082022-12-22T03:20:24ZengUniversity of Novi SadJournal of Graphic Engineering and Design2217-379X2217-98602022-09-01133515810.24867/JGED-2022-3-051Visibility and legibility of five-letter words in different experimental conditionsPrimož Weingerl0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3115-2309Uroš Nedeljković1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5180-4365Nace Pušnik2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1555-8782University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Department of Textiles, Graphic Arts and Design, Ljubljana, SloveniaUniversity of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Department of Graphic Engineering and Design, Novi Sad, SerbiaUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Department of Textiles, Graphic Arts and Design, Ljubljana, SloveniaThe length of a word depends on the number of characters that make it up. Since we are constantly confronted with words (information), a suitable typeface should be chosen to make reading comfortable and easy. The number of characters can affect how visible a word is and, more importantly, how quickly the word can be read and understood. For this reason, we conducted tests with five-letter words randomly displayed at the four positions on the screen. The study examined the minimum time required to recognize five-letter words. Five different typefaces (Calibri, Georgia, Swiss 721, Trebuchet, Verdana) were included in the study to determine which of the screen typefaces read the fastest. The Georgia typeface performed the best regardless of the other conditions. The time to read upper-case letters was much shorter than lower-case and sentence-case letters. For words presented in the upper positions of the screen, the recognition time was shorter than for the lower positions of the screen. Different combinations of variables showed that some were better suited for on-screen use.https://www.grid.uns.ac.rs/jged/download/v13n3/jged_v13_n3_p4.pdfreading timetypographyusability testingvisual performance |
| spellingShingle | Primož Weingerl Uroš Nedeljković Nace Pušnik Visibility and legibility of five-letter words in different experimental conditions Journal of Graphic Engineering and Design reading time typography usability testing visual performance |
| title | Visibility and legibility of five-letter words in different experimental conditions |
| title_full | Visibility and legibility of five-letter words in different experimental conditions |
| title_fullStr | Visibility and legibility of five-letter words in different experimental conditions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Visibility and legibility of five-letter words in different experimental conditions |
| title_short | Visibility and legibility of five-letter words in different experimental conditions |
| title_sort | visibility and legibility of five letter words in different experimental conditions |
| topic | reading time typography usability testing visual performance |
| url | https://www.grid.uns.ac.rs/jged/download/v13n3/jged_v13_n3_p4.pdf |
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