Sue walker and linda reynolds: Serifs, sans serifs and infant characters in children's reading books

Information Design Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 106-122

  Walker, Sue ^a   Reynolds, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's reading; Infant characters; Serif and sans serif types; Typefaces for children ; Typography for children

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958761560     PISSN: 01425471     EISSN: 1569979X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/idj.11.2.04wal     Document Type: Article

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