The effect of font and line width on reading speed in people with mild to moderate vision loss

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 545-554

  Rubin, Gary S ^a,b   Feely, Mary ^a   Perera, Sylvie ^c   Ekstrom, Katherin ^c   Williamson, Elizabeth ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Royal National Institute of Blind People   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fonts; Large print; Low vision; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; READING; SIZE PERCEPTION; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS;

EID: 33750085297     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2006.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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