Size Counts: The Significance of Size, Font and Style of Print for Readers with Low Vision Sitting Examinations

British Journal of Visual Impairment

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-10

  Buultjens, Marianna ^a   Aitken, Stuart ^a,b   Ravenscroft, John ^a   Carey, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Sense Scotland   (United Kingdom)

^c The British Journal of Visual Impairment ^*

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EID: 84990393912     PISSN: 02646196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026461969901700102     Document Type: Article

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