FURTHER RESEARCH ON THE EFFECT OF VIEWING ANGLE AND SYMBOL SIZE ON READING EASE

Abstract

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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0610421

Entities

People

  • Glenn C. Kinney
  • Lyne Smith
  • S. Manning

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

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  • Air Force
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Classification
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  • Corporations
  • Government Procurement
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  • Human Factors Engineering
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  • Massachusetts
  • Psychology
  • Reaction Time
  • Recognition
  • Security
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  • United States
  • Word Recognition

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  • Physics
  • Psychology

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  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.