Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia
A comparison of the effects of reading from a VDU and from paper as measured in terms of reading speed and comprehension
Abstract
dc:descriptionThis study investigates the legibility and visual effects of eight combinations of font and colour on VDU and two different fonts on paper. Forty subjects, sixteen females and twenty-four males, were exposed to three of the ten different conditions, one in each of the set of readings, on either VDU or paper. They were asked to read different sets of stories in each condition on different days where each condition lasted for approximately two hours. Reading speed and comprehension scores were measured in every story read in the set of stories. The change of mood and physical symptoms states of the subjects were measured at the beginning and end of each conditions. Subjective ranking of the combinations of font and colour in the VDU environment were elicited from the subjects.
Degree
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- Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia
- Year dc:date
- 1992
Author and committee
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- Payumo, Elizabeth
Subjects
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- https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1691
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:ro.ecu.edu.au:theses-2692