Skimming (Scanning) News Items Printed in 8-Point and 9-Point Letters
- 1 November 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ergonomics
- Vol. 10 (6) , 713-716
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00140136708930925
Abstract
Fifty housewives searched for particular words in paragraphs of text printed in 8-point and 9-point Times New Roman without leading in lines of 2·2 inches. To prove that they had found a word they had to write down the following word. The 9-point. print was scanned 7 per cent faster than the 8-point (p<0·05). The method appears to be more sensitive to small changes in the visibility of print than methods involving comprehension.Keywords
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