Re: Online fonts and sizes -- new usability study

[Stan Schwartz <stanz -at- cam -dot- org>]

Ho Hum.
It might be new research but it's old news. Nice paper for a thesis - 
not much else.  As my mum used to say, "Ya gotta start somewhere." 
It's good groundwork that reinforces need for serious work with 
competent typographers to help guide future efforts.

On it's own, this thing is amusing as I covered all this in an 
introduction to typography class I gave today to some communications 
majors at a local university. I am in complete agreement with a 
colleague who said of this study, " I wish they had a typographer 
involved. As usual, people who are not designers test design ? while 
being ignorant about design basics."

This stuff is basic to graphic design. It is covered in the first 
hours of typography education and sharpened with experience and 
personal exploration. There's really not much that anyone can do 
until true  high density displays are available. High resolution is 
necessary for typography not imaging, contrary to popular opinion.

Comparing laser printing with normal printing echos what the above 
research shows for screen fonts: better results for higher resolution.
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