| STUDIES IN DISPLAY SYMBOL LEGIBILITY. PART XVIII. THE RELATIVE LEGIBILITY OF UPPERCASE AND LOWER CASE TYPEWRITTEN WORDS, |
JUN 1967 |
43 pages |
| Authors:
Glenn C. Kinney; Diana J. Showman; MITRE CORP BEDFORD MASS
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 | The relative legibilities of common words typewritten in all-uppercase and all-lowercase letters were studied in three experiments. Human subjects identified the words shown one at a time for a short period. All-uppercase printing was found to be significantly more legible than all-lowercase in all three experiments. The 'word-form' of all-lowercase words was not found to influence word identification. The use of uppercase letters is recommended for displays. (Author) |
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| STUDIES OF DISPLAY SYMBOL LEGIBILITY. PART XII. THE LEGIBILITY OF ALPHANUMERIC SYMBOLS FOR DIGITALIZED TELEVISION, |
NOV 1966 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
Glenn C. Kinney; Marion Marsetta; Diana J. Showman; MITRE CORP BEDFORD MASS
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| The relative legibility of numerals and capital letters in four fonts, standard Leroy, an Idealized Hazeltine, a Simulated Hazeltine and a Modified Idealized Hazeltine, was studied in three experiments using a controlled exposure time, single-symbol, recognition test. The Hazeltine fonts were constructed of TV lines digitally controlled to generate symbols of elements in a five-column by seven-row rectangular matrix. The Hazeltine font was found to be as legible as the ... |
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| STUDIES OF DISPLAY SYMBOL LEGIBILITY. PART XIII. STUDIES OF THE LEGIBILITY OF ALPHANUMERIC SYMBOLS IN THE BUIC SYMBOL. |
AUG 1966 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
Glenn C. Kinney; Diana J. Showman; MITRE CORP BEDFORD MASS
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| The legibility of alphanumerics for BUIC system displays was studied in three experiments. Four fonts, standard Leroy, Idealized Early BUIC, Idealized Late BUIC, and Stimulated Late BUIC, were tested in single-symbol, controlled exposure-time, recognition tests. The Early BUIC font was less legible than standard Leroy; but after some symbol changes were made, the new font (Idealized Late BUIC) was more legible than the earlier font. When the improved alphanumerics were ... |
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| FURTHER RESEARCH ON THE EFFECT OF VIEWING ANGLE AND SYMBOL SIZE ON READING EASE, |
JAN 1965 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Glenn C. Kinney; S. Manning; Lyne Smith; MITRE CORP BEDFORD MASS
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| The effects of viewing angle and visual symbol size upon the time required to read familiar words were studied for angles of 90, 60, 45 and 30 degrees and for symbols whose height subtended 16 and 10 minutes of arc at the viewer's eyes. Recommendations for largeboard, wall-display layout and viewer-seating arrangements are offered. (Author) |
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