ClearType sub-pixel text rendering: Preference, legibility and reading performance

Displays

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 138-151

  Sheedy, Jim ^a   Tai, Yu Chi ^a   Subbaram, Manoj ^b   Gowrisankaran, Sowjanya ^c   Hayes, John ^c  

^a PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ClearType; Font; Legibility; Readability; Reading; Resolution; Sub pixel rendering

Indexed keywords

PIXELS;

LEGIBILITY; READABILITY; SUB-PIXEL RENDERING;

TEXT PROCESSING;

EID: 37249073024     PISSN: 01419382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.displa.2007.09.016     Document Type: Article

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