Date of Award
1992
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Master of Applied Science
Faculty
Faculty of Science and Technology
First Supervisor
Associate Professor Tony Watson
Abstract
This study investigates the legibility and visual effects of eight combinations of font and colour on VDU and two different fonts on paper. Forty subjects, sixteen females and twenty-four males, were exposed to three of the ten different conditions, one in each of the set of readings, on either VDU or paper. They were asked to read different sets of stories in each condition on different days where each condition lasted for approximately two hours. Reading speed and comprehension scores were measured in every story read in the set of stories. The change of mood and physical symptoms states of the subjects were measured at the beginning and end of each conditions. Subjective ranking of the combinations of font and colour in the VDU environment were elicited from the subjects.
Recommended Citation
Payumo, E. (1992). A comparison of the effects of reading from a VDU and from paper as measured in terms of reading speed and comprehension. Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1691