An experimental determination of the effects of dot matrix/character size and font on reading times and eye movements

The effects of manipulating two parameters of legibility; matrix/character size and font, on two performance measures, reading times and eye movements, were studied in this experiment. The results showed significant practice effects for the 7 x 9, 7 x 9 (= 5 x 7), and 9 x 11 (= 5 x 7) sizes. The data also showed that the size of a character had some effect on both the duration of fixations and the duration of saccades. There was little or no correlation among the response measures of eye movements, tachistoscopic recognition, and reading times.

Name thesis:degree_name

M. S.

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Department dc:contributor.department

Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Year dc:date.issued

1983

Author dc:creator

• DeCicco, Mary Jean

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/114597

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/114597