A large majority of people use the internet daily. For this reason, online texts are in more need of accessibility than ever. This experimental study aims to figure out what makes texts presented on digital screens more legible. To do this we sought inspiration from typographical principles when we designed our experiments. We investigated four different aspects concerning the layout of texts, namely typeface, text-size, line-spacing and the color contrast. The experiments were conducted on 17 persons currently registered at a university or with an academic background. Our results show that all these aspects have an impact on the legibility of texts. For typeface we found that sans-serif is more legible than serifs on screens. Moreover, we found that the x-height is a large factor concerning legibility. For text-size we found that most participants preferred a larger text-size over a smaller one. For the color contrast we found that the best color combination was black text over white background. Finally, regarding line-spacing, we found that the participants preferred the bigger line-spacing over the smaller one. Regarding typographical principles on digital screens, we found that two of the principles were applicable for texts on screen.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-224463 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Sjöström, Viktor, Sandström, David |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | Informatik Student Paper Bachelor (INFSPB) ; 2024:01 |
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