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Legibility of prints on paper made from Japanese knotweed
- Source :
- BioResources. 15:3999-4015
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- BioResources, 2020.
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Abstract
- The spread of invasive alien plant species (IAPS) is a leading reason for worldwide environmental change due to their effects on biodiversity and humans. Some valued goods from IAPS have been produced, e.g. paper that consists of cellulose fibres from Japanese knotweed. Therefore, the aim of this study was to establish the usability of this paper grade as a printing substrate, since it does not have ideal optical properties as it is expected from commercial office paper. Because it is widely used, inkjet printing technology was employed. Print permanence is essential, especially when printing documents. However, typographic characteristics must be considered to make a text more legible. Two widely used typefaces (Arial and Times) were tested in three commonly used type sizes (8 pt, 10 pt, and 12 pt). The results showed that the paper made from Japanese knotweed could have valuable properties and suitable legibility, especially when using typefaces with a moderate counter size, high x-height, and minimal differences in the letter stroke width to obtain an appropriate typographic tonal density with an adequate type size. Even after exposure to light, the texts printed in a proper type size and stroke width remained visible.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Environmental Engineering
Computer science
business.industry
Colorimetric properties
Inkjet printing
Invasive alien plant species
Japanese knotweed paper
Legibility
Typography
Bioengineering
Substrate (printing)
computer.software_genre
01 natural sciences
Print permanence
010608 biotechnology
Typeface
Plant species
Artificial intelligence
business
Waste Management and Disposal
computer
Stroke width
Natural language processing
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19302126
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BioResources
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0c8d4945ddc9d761644220c9efe1886c