Autors: KAWASAKI,Y., SASAKI,H., YAMAGUCHI,H., YAMAGUCHI,Y.
Title: Cognitive Conditions in Text Reading on a Visual Display Terminal by Different Age Groups
Keywords: Text reading, Visual display terminal, font, color, readabil

Abstract: In this study,we compare the visual configuration of proper font size,design on a Visual Display Terminal(VDT),easy-to-read font style (typeface) in text reading on a VDT by thirteen age groups in Japan,including elementary school students,junior high school students,high school students, and university students.We conducted an experiment and examined the readability of a text on a VDT for each age group by comparing the students’ preferences of font style,font size,and color combination of font and background.Then,we compared the reading cognition of each age group.The results are:1)the preferences for font size dramatically differed by each age group,2)the average of the first graders preferable font size was twenty-two point,3)the preferences for font style differed by each age group,4)the preferences for color combinations of font and background depended on the individual participants,not the age groups.We analyzed and verified the cognitive conditions in text reading on a VDT.

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    10th WSEAS International Conference on MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (MMACTEE'08), pp. 325-330, 2008, Bulgaria,

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