Yu, H. (2011). Effect of text font, line length and language on online information understanding.

Yu, H.

2011

Yu, H. (2011). Effect of text font, line length and language on online information understanding.

This paper reviewed a study about the influence of (1) font type, (2) text line length (3) language on the understanding of web content. The results revealed that People tend to have a better performance on understanding information form websites when using Serif font; text line length have a more significant influence on people’s understanding of web content when using Chinese than English; Chinese speakers prefer Serif font while English speakers prefer Sans-Serif font in presenting web content. We conducted the research and collected data remotely in order to assess user behavior in their own environment.

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