Letter case and text legibility in normal and low vision

Vision Research

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 2499-2505

  Arditi, Aries ^a   Cho, Jianna ^a  

^a Arlene R Gordon Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Legibility; Low vision; Reading speed; Typography; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL THRESHOLD; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRINTING; READING; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34548508432     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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