Digital Fonts And Reading

by Mary C Dyson, Ching Yee Suen

Overview

The book is a collection of invited chapters by renowned experts and is part of a series on Language Processing, Pattern Recognition, and Intelligent Systems. The content is wide-ranging encompassing perspectives from computer science to social science to design and reflecting the considerable experience of researchers, teachers and practitioners. This diversity offers rigorous approaches to the topic of Digital fonts and reading, organised in four sections: vision and reading; scientific approaches to reading; perspectives on type design practice; and using type. The heavily illustrated text includes original research, case studies, reviews, and practical advice, serving as a useful handbook or reference to inform design for reading. Traditionally, there has been a separation between researchers and practitioners, with different agendas. This book bridges the gap between scientific testing and design experience and considers the reader's perspective. The collection aims to resonate with academics and students, experienced or novice typographic or interface designers and software engineers, and engage with anyone who has an interest in type and reading.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789814759533
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	04/28/2016
Series:	Series On Language Processing, Pattern Recognition, And Intelligent Systems , #1
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction to the series v

Preface vii

List of contributors xi

Section 1 Vision and reading

Chapter 1 The effect of type design and typesetting on visually impaired readers Eleni Beveratou 1

Chapter 2 Matilda: a typeface for children with low vision Ann Bessemans 19

Section 2 Scientific approaches to reading

Chapter 3 Sitka: a collaboration between type design and science Kevin Larson Matthew Carter 37

Chapter 4 Eye movements: from psycholinguistics to font design Timothy J. Slattery 54

Chapter 5 Designing legible fonts for distance reading Sofie Beier 79

Chapter 6 Effects of interword spacing on Chinese children's reading abilities Hsiu-Feng Wang 94

Section 3 Perspectives on type design practice

Chapter 7 Elements of Chinese typeface design Xiaoqing Lu Ting Tang 109

Chapter 8 Optimizing type for use in specific media Eben Sorkin 131

Chapter 9 'Harmonised type design' revisited Titus Nemeth 150

Chapter 10 Using pattern languages in typographic design Rob McKaughan 173

Section 4 Using type

Chapter 11 How does expertise contribute to the recognition of Latin and Chinese characters? Mary C. Dyson Keith Tarn Clare Leake Brian Kwok 193

Chapter 12 Newspaper text Lucie Lacava 209

Chapter 13 Perception of fonts: perceived personality traits and appropriate uses A. Dawn Shaikh Barbara Chaparro 226

Chapter 14 Legibility and readability of Arabic fonts on Personal Digital Assistants PDAs Mrouj Almuhajri Ching Y. Suen 248

Index 267