Effects of Line Length, Line Spacing, and Line Number on Proofreading Performance and Scrolling of Chinese Text

Chan, Alan H. S.; Tsang, Steve N.H.; Ng, Annie W. Y.

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“…Like alphanumeric typography, larger line spacing would decrease the lateral masking effect, reducing confusion in location of characters and facilitating reading performance when reading Chinese text in desktop displays [6,11]. For example, Chan and Lee found that two-font leading produced faster reading speed than one-font leading and reported higher preferences for reading comfort, reading ease and low fatigue on a 15-in display [6].…”

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“…For example, Chan and Lee found that two-font leading produced faster reading speed than one-font leading and reported higher preferences for reading comfort, reading ease and low fatigue on a 15-in display [6]. Chan and his colleagues also showed that two-font leading performed better than one-font leading on reading speed and correction rate when performing proofreading tasks on a desktop display [11].…”

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An Effect of White Space on Traditional Chinese Text-Reading on Smartphones †

Huang

Tung

2018

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The study explored the effects of white space on reading performance of Chinese essays on smartphones. The experiment was a 2(Line spacing) × 2(Paragraph spacing) × 3(Page spacing) Latin square design with two replicates. The Line spacing had two levels: two-font leading and three-font leading. The Paragraph spacing included two levels: one-leading space and two-leading space. The Page spacing included three levels: none spacing, one-third spacing, and one-half spacing. The objective performance measure was reading time; and subjective performance measures included ratings of ease, comfort, aesthetic appeal, and preference. Results of analysis of variance indicated that the main effects of Page spacing, Line spacing, and Paragraph spacing were significant on reading time. Additionally, Page spacing was also significant on ratings of ease, comfort, aesthetic appeal and preference; Line spacing was significant on comfort and aesthetic appeal. However, Paragraph spacing was not significant on ratings of effortlessness, comfort, aesthetic appeal, and preference.

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An Effect of White Space on Traditional Chinese Text-Reading on Smartphones †

Huang

Tung

2018

ASI

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“…Reference [6] discusses a number of string similarity problems and measures. Here, we will review the problems on string similarity that are related to our work.…”

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A Chinese Document Retrieval Method Considering Text Order Information

Zeng¹,

Lu²,

Wang³

2017

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Abstract. This paper investigated the use and effect of term positions in text retrieval. The approach models the relevance between text strings by the similarity of text orders. Text similarity measures in our approach captured term ordering and proximity. The experiments showed that incorporating positional information can improve the effectiveness of retrieval results. The main cost of incorporating positional information into a text retrieval system is a larger index space overhead because of the lossless preservation of term occurrences. However, this cost could be compensated by the better retrieval results the approach provided.

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“…Chinese characters are significantly different from alphabetical characters, with their own characteristics. preference in reading tasks and character-search tasks on VDTs for alphanumeric characters (Bernard, Chaparro, Mills, & Halcomb, 2003;Bernard, Liao, & Mills, 2001;Chan & Ng, 2012;Chan, Tsang, & Ng, 2014;Huang, Rau, & Liu, 2009;Kong, Lee, Jung, & Song, 2011;Myung, 2003;Shieh & Lin, 2000;Tomioka, 2007). It has been proved that font design and text representation have a great influence on legibility (Darroch et al, 2005).…”

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Effects of Font Size, Stroke Width, and Character Complexity on the Legibility of Chinese Characters

Liu

Rong

Zhang

2016

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This study investigated the effects of font size, stroke width, and character complexity on the legibility of Chinese characters. A within‐subjects design experiment was employed. Thirty‐six subjects participated in the experiment and completed the character‐search tasks in the pseudo‐texts. The search time per target character, correct response number, and correct response rate were used to measure the legibility. The results indicated that the font size and character complexity had significant effects on the legibility, while the effect of stroke width was not significant. All the two‐way interactions among the three display factors had significant effects on the legibility. Stroke width is critical to the legibility for characters with high‐level complexity, whereas font size is the critical factor influencing the legibility for characters with low‐level complexity. The combination of 12pt font size and 1:10 stroke width resulted in the best legibility for both character complexity levels. The findings provide useful information for the font design of Chinese texts displayed on a visual display terminal to improve the legibility.

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Effects of Line Length, Line Spacing, and Line Number on Proofreading Performance and Scrolling of Chinese Text

Abstract: The findings provide information and recommendations for display factors and the screen design that should prove useful for improving proofreading time and accuracy.

Cited by 18 publications

References 47 publications

An Effect of White Space on Traditional Chinese Text-Reading on Smartphones †

An Effect of White Space on Traditional Chinese Text-Reading on Smartphones †

A Chinese Document Retrieval Method Considering Text Order Information

Effects of Font Size, Stroke Width, and Character Complexity on the Legibility of Chinese Characters

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