Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!necntc!ames!oliveb!sun!plaid!chuq From: chuq%plaid@Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop Subject: Re: Readability of right justified text Message-ID: <23308@sun.uucp> Date: Mon, 13-Jul-87 15:28:04 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.23308 Posted: Mon Jul 13 15:28:04 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Jul-87 00:44:13 EDT Sender: news@sun.uucp Reply-To: verber@OHIO-STATE.ARPA (Mark A. Verber) Distribution: comp Lines: 23 Approved: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com From: ames!pyramid!osu-eddie!verber%tut.cis.ohio-state.edu@RUTGERS.EDU (Mark A. Verber) Date: 10 Jul 87 15:48:23 GMT Organization: Ohio State University, Computer Science There was an article in the journal "Human Factors" which appeared sometime in the last 4 years dealing with the subject of right justified text. The study had subjects read text in unjustified format, justified using only inter-word spacing, and text justified on a using real letting and kerning. The reader preformance was almost identical between the non justified text and the text done using inter-character spacing. The inter-word spacing preformance was much worst. As I recall, the reading time increased 60% and comprehension was down 20% when people had to deal with inter-word spacing. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Science Department Mark A. Verber The Ohio State University verber@ohio-state.arpa +1 (614) 292-7344 cbosgd!osu-eddie!verber ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop Administrivia to: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop-request Paths: {ihnp4,decwrl,hplabs,seismo,ucbvax}!sun