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From: Emma Duke-Williams
Date: Jan 4, 2007 4:10AM

Does any one know of any recent research into this? Much of the work
I've seen is now several years old, and since then screen technology
has come on in leaps and bounds - and also graphics cards etc.

If we're thinking about pages that users can easily adapt - what
guidelines would there be on the types of fonts & colours that can be
selected? (e.g. Bath University's colour choices:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/internal/web/accessibility/, Glish's ability to
change the font face http://www.glish.com/) - or the toolbar that
TechDis have to enable users to change things on the fly,
http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=1_20051905100544 - though clearly
that is up to the user to install, and they might not be able to on
all computers that they access.

Emma

On 03 Jan 2007 15:24:13 -0500, Sarah Horton < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> --- You wrote:
> Is anyone aware of objective research that explores the question of which
> font style works best for users with visual impairments?
> --- end of quote ---
>
> I'm not sure any of these qualify as objective research, but here are a few articles I've found useful. Only the first deals specifically with users with visual impairments.
>
> Making Text Legible: Designing for People with Partial Sight
> http://www.lighthouse.org/print_leg.htm
>
> Criteria for optimal web design (designing for usability)
> http://psychology.wichita.edu/optimalweb/text.htm
>
> Readability Of Websites With Various Foreground/Background Color Combinations, Font Types And Word Styles
> http://hubel.sfasu.edu/research/ahncur.html
>
> Hope this helps!
> Sarah
>
>
> Sarah Horton
> Dartmouth College
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
>