How do we read text on screen?

Creation, Use, and Deployment of Digital Information

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 279-306

  Dyson, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33745847065     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410613035     Document Type: Chapter

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