RE: Font Selection Methodology

Subject: RE: Font Selection Methodology
From: "Dick Margulis " <margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 16:35:17 -0400


Marguerite,

If you get any takers, I'll gladly volunteer to review the experimental design prior to their conducting any experiments.

Dick


Marguerite Krupp <mkrupp -at- cisco -dot- com> wrote:
>
>Most of the "studies," scientific and otherwise, cited in this thread are
>OLD (even going backto the 1940s). They refer only to print media.
>
>The real question, IMHO, is "what characteristics of a typeface (and its
>context, such as color, contrast, line length, kerning, and leading) enhance
>or detract from its legibility in each medium; that is, print, online,
>film/video, PDA/phone, etc.?
>
>That's a great project for an Information Design grad student. (Are you
>students out there interested?) Might even be able to get an STC or other
>society grant for it.



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