On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Paul A. Rubin <ru...@msu.edu> wrote: > It seems counterintuitive to me. There might be some argument for not > making the font too large or too easy to read, in terms of forcing the > reader to focus. > I'm actually wondering whether 16-point fonts are less readable than 12-point fonts (I may be biased since I'm still young with relatively sharp eyes). It might be that at 16 the font size is not optimal, and requires more effort in 'encompassing' the entire letters.
> Other than that, my feeling is that making the > document harder to read causes the reader to spend too much mental > energy recognizing the words > My personal experience from the bench suggests something similar. Whenever I spend too much time trying to figure out what was written (say, on the blackboard) I have much less time to focus on what was meant. Regards Liviu > and not enough recognizing the concepts. > Metaphorically, if you make the trees difficult to recognize, nobody > will see the forest as a forest. > > But I may be biased by the fact that my eyes are getting old, and people > keep shrinking fonts on everything. :-) > > /Paul > > -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
