Does print size matter for reading? A review of findings from vision science and typography.
Does print size matter for reading? A review of findings from vision science and typography.
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DOI：
10.1167/11.5.8
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发表时间：
2011-08-09
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Bigelow CA
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文献类型：
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作者：
Legge GE;Bigelow CA
印刷符号的大小和形状决定了文本的易读性。在这篇文章中，我们关注印刷尺寸，因为它在理解阅读表现以及它在排版的历史和当代实践中的意义方面起着至关重要的作用。我们提出的证据支持这一假设，即历史和当代出版物中印刷尺寸的分布落在心理物理定义的流畅印刷尺寸范围内--文本可以最快速度阅读的范围。流畅的范围在角度打印尺寸(x高度)约0.2°到2°的范围内扩展到10倍以上。假设标准阅读距离为40厘米(16英寸)，则相应的物理x高度为1.4 mm(4点)和14 mm(40点)。我们提供了关于出版的书籍和报纸以及印刷创始人标本中印刷尺寸分布的新数据，并考虑了影响这些分布的因素。我们讨论视觉科学中有关视觉大小编码的理论概念，这些概念有助于我们理解历史和现代排版实践。虽然经济、社会、技术和艺术因素影响着字体设计和选择，但我们得出结论，人类视觉处理的特性在限制常用印刷尺寸的分布方面起着主导作用。
The size and shape of printed symbols determine the legibility of text. In this paper we focus on print size because of its crucial role in understanding reading performance and its significance in the history and contemporary practice of typography. We present evidence supporting the hypothesis that the distribution of print sizes in historical and contemporary publications falls within the psychophysically defined range of fluent print size — the range over which text can be read at maximum speed. The fluent range extends over a factor of 10 in angular print size (x-height) from approximately 0.2° to 2°. Assuming a standard reading distance of 40 cm (16 inches), the corresponding physical x-heights are 1.4 mm (4 points) and 14 mm (40 points). We provide new data on the distributions of print sizes in published books and newspapers and in type founders' specimens, and consider factors influencing these distributions. We discuss theoretical concepts from vision science concerning visual size coding that help inform our understanding of historical and modern typographical practices. While economic, social, technological and artistic factors influence type design and selection, we conclude that properties of human visual processing play a dominant role in constraining the distribution of print sizes in common use.
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影响因子：
5.5
作者：
CAMPBELL, FW;ROBSON, JG
通讯作者：
ROBSON, JG
影响因子：
3
作者：
BIGELOW, C;DAY, D
通讯作者：
DAY, D
影响因子：
2.9
作者：
Changizi, MA;Zhang, Q;Shimojo, S
通讯作者：
Shimojo, S
影响因子：
1.8
作者：
Chung, STL;Legge, GE;Tjan, BS
通讯作者：
Tjan, BS
影响因子：
4.1
作者：
DRASDO, N;FOWLER, CW
通讯作者：
FOWLER, CW