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A study of fonts designed for screen display

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Boyarski, Dan, Neuwirth, Christine, Forlizzi, Jodi, Regli, Susan Harkness·1998·Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems - CHI '98

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This study examined the readabiity.andsubjective preferences of a set of fonts designed for screen display.Two new binary bitmap fonts performed well, suggesting that designers should consider incorporating similar attributes into default fonts for online type.

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  • Verdana was intended to be readable on computer screens by having extensive letter spacing and a large x-height (Boyarski et al., 1998).

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Authors
Boyarski, D., Neuwirth, C., Forlizzi, J., & Regli, S. H.
Affiliations
Carnegie Mellon University (US)
Venue
Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems - CHI '98
Publisher
ACM Press
Published
1998
Pages
87-94
OpenAlex
W2079876841
Cited by
120
References
24
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.69
Type
conference paper
Language
en
Open access
Locations
CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (publishedVersion)
Funders
University of Minnesota
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Graphic Design and Typography
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Usability and User Interface Design
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Data Visualization and Analytics
Keywords
subjective preference, digital typography

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