LPfont - An investigation into the legibility of large print typefaces by Sylvie Perera

Contents

Summary
Acknowledgements
 
1 Introduction
  1.1 Character Size
  1.2 Increasing Legibility
  1.3 Serif or Sans Serif?
  1.4 Typeface Weight
  1.5 Spacing
  1.6 Punctuation
  1.7 Methods to Investigate Legibility
  1.8 Critique
  1.9 Criteria for a Large Print Book Typeface
  1.10 Experimental Hypotheses
 
2 Legible Font Experiment
  2.1 Method
    2.1.1 Design
    2.1.2 Subjects
    2.1.3 Procedure
    2.1.4 Task
  2.2 Results
    2.2.1 For All Subjects
    2.2.2 For Current Large Print Readers
    2.2.3 For Potential Large Print Readers
  2.3 Discussion
 
3 Serif Experiment
  3.1 Method
    3.1.1 Design
    3.1.2 Subjects
    3.1.3 Procedure
    3.1.4 Task
  3.2 Results
  3.3 Discussion
 
4 Space and Weight Experiment
  4.1 Method
    4.1.1 Design
    4.1.2 Subjects
    4.1.3 Procedure
    4.1.4 Task
  4.2 Results
    4.2.1 Space Results
    4.2.2 Weight Results
  4.3 Discussion
    4.3.1 Space Discussion
    4.3.2 Weight Discussion
 
5 Punctuation Experiment
  5.1 Method
    5.1.1 Design
    5.1.2 Subjects
    5.1.3 Procedure
    5.1.4 Task
  5.2 Results
  5.3 Discussion
 
6 Serif and Space Experiment
  6.1 Method
    6.1.1 Design
    6.1.2 Subjects
    6.1.3 Procedure
    6.1.4 Task
  6.2 Results
  6.3 Discussion
 
7 Conclusions
  7.1 Guidelines
  7.2 Limitations
  7.3 Further Work
 
Bibliography
 
Appendices
  1 UK Large Print Producers
  2 Legible Font Experiment
  3 Serif Experiment
  4 Space and Weight Experiment
  5 Punctuation Experiment
  6 Serif and Space Experiment
  7 LPfont

 

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