Well, Andrei, I've thought about this on and off for about a day now (I really must get a life) and -- subtracting my ego from the equation -- I do agree with your scathing criticism of that study.
I had liked it because it generally confirmed my own subjective impressions and experience, which also are unscientific but based on many years as a fan and a user of good typography in print media -- and several years of experience assisting people with visual (and other) disabilities. Mea culpa. So back to the original question, now that we've savaged this study: Are there valid studies/discussions of this topic available? Benoit may still want to know. I've found these, for our further consideration: # Bringhurst's book excerpted online at http://webtypography.net/ # http://www.webaim.org/techniques/fonts/ # http://www.wilsonweb.com/wmt6/html-email-fonts.htm (here, especially, some of the examples call attention to Andrei's points about line-length and other results of inexpert testing ... if the examples shown are an indication of what was tested, 12-point Arial and 12-point Verdana cannot be reasonably compared using the same column width because the optimum line length is different for each) # http://www.maxkiesler.com/index.php/weblog/comments/the_web_20_big_font_controversy/ All these, including the study from Wichita, have value in focusing our attention on the way we use typography. If we apply our own critical thinking skills, we can probably distill all this into a better understanding. And maybe even design a better study of our own, if we're so inclined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=24248 ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
