Abstract

The advent and extensive use of computer and increasing development of different technologies it is important to increase the awareness of issues related to the electronic text or text presentation on computer screen. The usage of web shows the importance of usability and readability of the web applications or sources provide by the web and web textual contents. Web application fails to encounter the user’s requirements in effective manner specially related to textual information, because the designers are unaware from some of the important factors effecting readability, reading from the screen. In this regard, this study is the continuation of the previous work that has been done for the improvement of readability, to handle the readability issues on the basis of Eye Blink for male participants and female participants. To achieve general recommendations for suitable or optimum length of text line for all type of users on the bases of eye blink. Basically during reading from the computer screen focus losses at two positions, when eye blink in the middle of text line and when text line ends. The study specifies suitable length of text line on the basis of Eye Blink, assuming three typographical variables i.e. font style, font color, font size, and with white background, which improve the overall readability or reading from computer screen. The study also shows two important things the degree of understandability and the degree of attractive appearance of different combination.

Highlights

  • Regarding reading from computer screen i.e. electronic text and reading from the paper, there exist two schools of thought

  • This study is the continuation of the previous work that has been done for the improvement of readability, to handle the readability issues on the basis of Eye Blink for male participants and female participants

  • As this study focus on length of text line on the bases of eye blink so analysis the factors those directly affects e.g. typographic related factors i.e. font size, font style, font color, and background color

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Introduction

Regarding reading from computer screen i.e. electronic text and reading from the paper, there exist two schools of thought. The second school of thought really thinks that the electronic text has enormous potential to replace or to compete paper based reading. This thinking based on different perspective like ease of storage and retrieval, flexibility of structure and saving natural resources are key motivation and it is the matter of habit as well. This article is not to present the dominancy of one medium over the other or replace electronic text by paper but a try to cover the question how we can make it great, easy and naturally perceivable, efficient for the readers when they are reading from the computer screen

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