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P‐13: Serifs Slow RSVP Reading at Very Small Sizes, but Don't Matter at Larger Sizes
Author(s) -
Morris Robert A.,
Aquilante Kathy,
Yager Dean,
Bigelow Charles
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
sid symposium digest of technical papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2168-0159
pISSN - 0097-966X
DOI - 10.1889/1.1830242
Subject(s) - typeface , rapid serial visual presentation , rendering (computer graphics) , computer science , computer graphics (images) , reading (process) , psychology , cognition , operating system , linguistics , neuroscience , philosophy
During Rapid Serial Visual Presentation, readers can read sans‐serif type about 20% faster at very small sizes. This advantage disappears at larger sizes. The study was done with fonts specially designed to control typeface parameters other than the serifs. The results suggest that rendering serifs at small sizes may be counterproductive.