The Art, Technology and Science of Reading
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Are serif fonts more readable than sans serif fonts? Does grey text on a grey background cause eye fatigue? Can you read jmubeld wodrs just as fast as regular words? Learn about the latest research for making readable on-screen text. Plus, see optical illusions in the ubiquitous font Georgia.
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منتدى said
Jan 4 2010
Nice info...........thanks for the post
Neil Milliken said
Feb 19 2010
As an organisation specialising in Dyslexia and Assistive Technology (We are on the Assistive Technology Vendor Programme & Bizspark) this is of great interest to me.
We have been doing OCR & Text To Speech on Windows Mobile for several years (well before Google) to help people with reading difficulties.
The prices for Mix are out of my league as a tiny company where will I be able to lay my hands on the information needed to ensure our products continue to help people on your new platform?
Are there concessionary prices available for social enterprises?
Clinton Gallagher said
Feb 27 2010
With genuine respect to accessibility and "readability" an endeavor of which I have working experience, I am compelled to ask if you clowns really believe your own line of ca-ca de toro (proven false years ago by the architectural and engineering CAD Operators who typically spend 8-10 or more hours per day working with vector graphics and fonts displayed on one or more monitors).
Why then didn't you turn Windows 7, Sharepoint or the Office 2010 UI into an all black/grey unreadable no-color no-contrast piece of sh!t the same way you did by destroying the Expression Suite?
Well?
Christopher Burd said
2 days ago
"Why then didn't you turn Windows 7, Sharepoint or the Office 2010 UI into an all black/grey unreadable no-color no-contrast piece of sh!t the same way you did by destroying the Expression Suite?"
You know, when you lay the sarcasm on this thick, it's hard to figure out what you actually mean.
Surely you don't think Kevin Larson calls the shots on all Microsoft's UX decisions? I mean, I would love the world to be run by typography experts, but it's not happening any time soon :-)