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- From: toin@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl (Toin Bloo)
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- Subject: Re: Studies of text readability in different typefaces
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 15:14:32 GMT
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- Christopher F. Chabris (cfc@isr.harvard.edu) wrote:
- :
- : I've often read injunctions in design books about the use of serif versus
- : sans-serif text in various situations: body text, headings, titles, outdoor
- : signs, computer displays, etc. Sometimes things like this are said:
- :
- : -- Serif text is easier to read as body text.
- :
- : -- Sans-serif type is better for titles, labels, signs, and other short
- : pieces of text.
- :
- : The kicker is that the author usually accompanies such recommendations with
- : "many studies have shown" but never offers citations to published articles.
- :
- : Does anyone have some citations on this issue, preferably to a review paper?
-
- Try the book "Digital Typography" from author Rubenstein.
- It's not only a good summary of the subject (digital) typography, but also
- contains a _REALLY_ long list of articles on the subject. The work of Tinker
- is not listed once, but thrice.
-
- The book is published by Addisson Wesley, if you like I can look up the
- ISBN number and so on.
-
-
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