engleski

On-screen text legibility among Croatian and Slovenian language groups

The aim of the study was to examine the influence of serif and sans serif typefaces on the legibility of texts. Six typefaces took part in the experiment. Three of the tested typefaces were sans serif (Tahoma, Arial, Verdana), while the other three (Georgia, Times News Roman, Palatino) were serif typefaces. The main difference in the presented typefaces is in the purpose for which a certain typeface was made. Mainly, the presented typefaces were produced for printing purposes ; however, they still have the features which are suitable for an on-screen presentation. Two of the typefaces (Georgia, Verdana) were especially designed for screen use and should thus be better accepted by the viewers. Nevertheless, the results show that the suitability of typefaces according to theoretical knowledge is not as expected. The goal was to investigate how six different typefaces affect the reading speed and comprehension of presented text. The participants were Croatian and Slovenian students who took the test in the English language.

Comprehension ; Fixation ; Language ; Legibility ; Typeface

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