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Beymer, David, Russell, Daniel and Orton, Peter (2008): An Eye Tracking Study of How Font Size and Type Influence Online Reading. In: Proceedings of the HCI08 Conference on People and Computers XXII 2008. pp. 15-18.

“In order to maximize online reading performance and comprehension, how should a designer choose typographical variables such as font size and font type? This paper presents an eye tracking study of how font size and font type affect online reading. In a between-subjects design, we collected data from 82 subjects reading stories formatted in a variety of point sizes, san serif, and serif fonts. Reading statistics such as reading speed were computed, and post-tests of comprehension were recorded. For smaller font sizes, fixation durations are significantly longer, resulting in slower reading -- but not significantly slower. While there were no significant differences in serif vs. san serif fonts, serif reading was slightly faster. Significant eye tracking differences were found for demographic variables such as age group and whether English is the subject's first language.”

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The Social Design of Technical Systems: Building technologies for communities

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Great for reading in your sofa, at your favourite café or on the train Tablet / iPad edition

A single HTML file

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The Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, 2nd Ed.

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Online edition

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Great for reading in your sofa, at your favourite café or on the train Tablet / iPad edition

A single HTML file

When you want read the book offline, we recommend downloading it as a single HTML file. That way, you get all the interactive elements. Download single HTML file Warning: Large file

eBook (PDF file)

Great for reading in your sofa, at your favourite café or on the train
Tablet / iPad edition

When you want read the book offline, we recommend downloading it as a single HTML file. That way, you get all the interactive elements.
Download single HTML file
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Great for reading in your sofa, at your favourite café or on the train
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