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Effects of typographic variables on eye-movement measures in reading Chinese from a screen.
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Behaviour & Information Technology . Nov/Dec2011, Vol. 30 Issue 6, p797-808. 12p. 2 Diagrams, 1 Chart, 5 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- To investigate the most efficient way to represent text in reading Chinese on computer displays, three typographic variables, character size (41′ arc/24 pixels and 60′ arc/32 pixels), character spacing (1/4 and 1/8 character width) and font type (Kai and Ming), were manipulated. Results showed that the reading speed for Chinese characters of Kai type in 24 pixels with 1/8 character spacing was the shortest. Character size significantly affected overall reading speed; in specific, text in 24-pixel characters was read faster than text in 32-pixel characters. Further eye-movement analyses revealed that text in smaller-sized characters had longer fixation duration, fewer fixations and fewer regressions than text in larger-sized characters. The interaction between character spacing and font type was observed on overall reading efficiency and on some eye-movement measures, which suggests that different character spacings should be considered in different font types for more efficient reading. Generally, characters in Kai font were easier to read with 1/8 character spacing than with 1/4 character spacing. The relationship between eye-movement measures and overall reading efficiency was further discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0144929X
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Behaviour & Information Technology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 66825907
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0144929X.2010.523900