An Experimental Study of Typographic Cueing in Printed Text

Do Different Textual Enhancement Formats Have Differential Effects on the Intake of English Subjunctive Mood?

“…In Mark's (1966, cited in Simard, 2009) study, as well, the type and combination of the typographical cues used made subjects react differently to the instructions. Foster and Coles (1977) also found that the type of typographical cue can induce different reactions from the subjects to the task they are asked to perform.…”

A survey of high‐fibre diet‐sheets used in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome in Great Britain

“…Underlining can be used if a different print style is not available (Wright, 1977) and this was a technique used for both headings and for highlighting in some of the diet-sheets. Capital letters, other than initial letters of key words, should not be used for headings (Poulton 1967;Foster & Coles, 1977) as it has long been recognized that these are less easily read than words in lower case (Tinker & Paterson, 1928;Poulton & Brown, 1968). Despite this, half of one diet-sheet and the whole of another were printed in capital letters, and all but five of the diet-sheets had at least one word in capitals.…”

“…It is agreed that it is easier to follow instructions given in the active rather than the passive voice (Wright, 1977;Hartley, 1981;Felker, Redish & Peterson, 1985), but only half the diet-sheets used the active voice throughout the text. Good use was made of headings which help the reader scan the material for the location of the information he wants (Foster & Coles, 1977). However, to avoid confusion, it is important that headings accurately reflect the content of the text below (Horn, 1985) and this was not always the case.…”

The typography of environmental impact statements: Criteria, evaluation, and public participation

“…Highlighting (or cueing) of text is a valuable way to emphasize key words or make ideas stand out for the reader (Crouse and Idstein 1972, Fowler and Parker 1974, Coles and Foster 1975, Foster and Coles 1977, Eggan and others 1978. Highlighting has been shown to be an effective way to increase recall of information (Rubens and Rubens 1988) and to make the text more accessible to readers with a selective interest (Foster 1979).…”

“…Each of these factors removes visual cues and slows the reader (Moen 1989). None are acceptable fi)r general text, but all are useful in limited applications, such as headings, tootnotes, and quotations (Paterson and Tinker 1940, Tinker 1963, Pouhon and Brown 1968, Foster and Coles 1977.…”