Interword and interletter spacing effects during reading revisited: Interactions with word and font characteristics
Authors: Slattery, T.J., Yates, M. and Angele, B.
Journal: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
Volume: 22
Issue: 4
Pages: 406-422
ISSN: 1076-898X
DOI: 10.1037/xap0000104
Abstract:Despite the large number of eye movement studies conducted over the past 30+ years, relatively few have examined the influence that font characteristics have on reading. However, there has been renewed interest in 1 particular font characteristic, letter spacing, which has both theoretical (visual word recognition) and applied (font design) importance. Recently published results that letter spacing has a bigger impact on the reading performance of dyslexic children have perhaps garnered the most attention (Zorzi et al., 2012). Unfortunately, the effects of increased interletter spacing have been mixed with some authors reporting facilitation and others reporting inhibition (van den Boer & Hakvoort, 2015). The authors present findings from 3 experiments designed to resolve the seemingly inconsistent letter-spacing effects and provide clarity to researchers and font designers and researchers. The results indicate that the direction of spacing effects depend on the size of the default spacing chosen by font developers. Experiment 3 found that interletter spacing interacts with interword spacing, as the required space between words depends on the amount of space used between letters. Interword spacing also interacted with word type as the inhibition seen with smaller interword spacing was evident with nouns and verbs but not with function words.
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Interword and interletter spacing effects during reading revisited: Interactions with word and font characteristics.
Authors: Slattery, T.J., Yates, M. and Angele, B.
Journal: J Exp Psychol Appl
Volume: 22
Issue: 4
Pages: 406-422
eISSN: 1939-2192
DOI: 10.1037/xap0000104
Abstract:Despite the large number of eye movement studies conducted over the past 30+ years, relatively few have examined the influence that font characteristics have on reading. However, there has been renewed interest in 1 particular font characteristic, letter spacing, which has both theoretical (visual word recognition) and applied (font design) importance. Recently published results that letter spacing has a bigger impact on the reading performance of dyslexic children have perhaps garnered the most attention (Zorzi et al., 2012). Unfortunately, the effects of increased interletter spacing have been mixed with some authors reporting facilitation and others reporting inhibition (van den Boer & Hakvoort, 2015). The authors present findings from 3 experiments designed to resolve the seemingly inconsistent letter-spacing effects and provide clarity to researchers and font designers and researchers. The results indicate that the direction of spacing effects depend on the size of the default spacing chosen by font developers. Experiment 3 found that interletter spacing interacts with interword spacing, as the required space between words depends on the amount of space used between letters. Interword spacing also interacted with word type as the inhibition seen with smaller interword spacing was evident with nouns and verbs but not with function words. (PsycINFO Database Record
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Interword and Interletter Spacing Effects During Reading Revisited: Interactions With Word and Font Characteristics
Authors: Slattery, T.J., Yates, M. and Angele, B.
Journal: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-APPLIED
Volume: 22
Issue: 4
Pages: 406-422
eISSN: 1939-2192
ISSN: 1076-898X
DOI: 10.1037/xap0000104
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/24643/
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Inter-word and Inter-letter spacing effects during reading revisited: Interactions with word and font characteristics
Authors: Slattery, T., Yates, M. and Angele, B.
Journal: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
Publisher: American Psychological Association
ISSN: 1939-2192
Abstract:Despite the large number of eye movement studies conducted over the past 30+ years, relatively few have examined the influence that font characteristics have on reading. However, there has been renewed interest in one particular font characteristic, letter spacing, which has both theoretical (visual word recognition) and applied (font design) importance. Recently published results that letter spacing has a bigger impact on the reading performance of dyslexic children have perhaps garnered the most attention (Zorzi et al. 2012). Unfortunately, the effects of increased inter-letter spacing have been mixed with some authors reporting facilitation and others reporting inhibition (van den Boer & Hakvoort, 2015). We present findings from three experiments designed to resolve the seemingly inconsistent letter-spacing effects and provide clarity to researchers and font designers and researchers. The results indicate that the direction of spacing effects depend on the size of the ‘default’ spacing chosen by font developers. Experiment 3, found that inter-letter spacing interacts with inter-word spacing, as the required space between words depends on the amount of space used between letters. Inter-word spacing also interacted with word type as the inhibition seen with smaller inter-word spacing was evident with nouns and verbs but not with function words.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/24643/
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Interword and interletter spacing effects during reading revisited: Interactions with word and font characteristics.
Authors: Slattery, T.J., Yates, M. and Angele, B.
Journal: Journal of experimental psychology. Applied
Volume: 22
Issue: 4
Pages: 406-422
eISSN: 1939-2192
ISSN: 1076-898X
DOI: 10.1037/xap0000104
Abstract:Despite the large number of eye movement studies conducted over the past 30+ years, relatively few have examined the influence that font characteristics have on reading. However, there has been renewed interest in 1 particular font characteristic, letter spacing, which has both theoretical (visual word recognition) and applied (font design) importance. Recently published results that letter spacing has a bigger impact on the reading performance of dyslexic children have perhaps garnered the most attention (Zorzi et al., 2012). Unfortunately, the effects of increased interletter spacing have been mixed with some authors reporting facilitation and others reporting inhibition (van den Boer & Hakvoort, 2015). The authors present findings from 3 experiments designed to resolve the seemingly inconsistent letter-spacing effects and provide clarity to researchers and font designers and researchers. The results indicate that the direction of spacing effects depend on the size of the default spacing chosen by font developers. Experiment 3 found that interletter spacing interacts with interword spacing, as the required space between words depends on the amount of space used between letters. Interword spacing also interacted with word type as the inhibition seen with smaller interword spacing was evident with nouns and verbs but not with function words. (PsycINFO Database Record
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Inter-word and Inter-letter spacing effects during reading revisited: Interactions with word and font characteristics
Authors: Slattery, T., Yates, M. and Angele, B.
Journal: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
Volume: 22
Issue: 4
Pages: 406-422
ISSN: 1939-2192
Abstract:Despite the large number of eye movement studies conducted over the past 30+ years, relatively few have examined the influence that font characteristics have on reading. However, there has been renewed interest in one particular font characteristic, letter spacing, which has both theoretical (visual word recognition) and applied (font design) importance. Recently published results that letter spacing has a bigger impact on the reading performance of dyslexic children have perhaps garnered the most attention (Zorzi et al. 2012). Unfortunately, the effects of increased inter-letter spacing have been mixed with some authors reporting facilitation and others reporting inhibition (van den Boer & Hakvoort, 2015). We present findings from three experiments designed to resolve the seemingly inconsistent letter-spacing effects and provide clarity to researchers and font designers and researchers. The results indicate that the direction of spacing effects depend on the size of the ‘default’ spacing chosen by font developers. Experiment 3, found that inter-letter spacing interacts with inter-word spacing, as the required space between words depends on the amount of space used between letters. Inter-word spacing also interacted with word type as the inhibition seen with smaller inter-word spacing was evident with nouns and verbs but not with function words.
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