ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2018
Fonts Designed for Macular Degeneration: Impact on Reading.
Article in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Is learning a logographic script easier than reading an alphabetic script for German children with dyslexia?PloS one · 2023Trial
- Recent Developments in Research to Make the World Better for People with Low Vision.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2026Review
- Assessment of newly designed fonts for visual accessibility.PloS one · 2026Article
- Beneficial influence of in-context predictability when young adults read with a simulated central scotoma.Journal of vision · 2025Article
- Towards a standardisation of reading charts: Font effects on reading performance-Times New Roman with serifs versus the sans serif font Helvetica.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2022Article
- Font effects on reading parameters: comparing Radner Reading Charts printed in Helvetica and Times Roman.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2022Article
- Training to improve temporal processing of letters benefits reading speed for people with central vision loss.Journal of vision · 2021Article
- Reconciling print-size and display-size constraints on reading.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
- Online Survey of Digital Reading by Adults with Low Vision.Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2020Article
- Reading in the presence of macular disease: a mini-review.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2020Review
- Extending the MNREAD sentence corpus: Computer-generated sentences for measuring visual performance in reading.Vision research · 2019Article
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Abstract
Purpose: People with macular degeneration (MD) experience difficulties in reading due to central-field loss. Two new fonts, Eido and Maxular Rx, have been designed specifically for individuals with MD. We have compared reading performance of these new fonts with three mainstream fonts (Times-Roman, Courier, and Helvetica). Methods: Subjects with MD (n = 19) and normally sighted subjects (n = 40) were tested with digital versions of the MNREAD test using the five fonts. Maximum reading speed (MRS), critical print size (CPS), and reading acuity (RA) were estimated to characterize reading performance. Physical properties of the fonts were quantified by interletter spacing and perimetric complexity. Results: Reading with MD showed font differences in MRS, CPS, and RA. Compared with Helvetica and Times, Maxular Rx permitted both smaller CPS and RA, and Eido permitted smaller RA. However, the two new fonts presented no advantage over Courier. Spacing, but not Complexity, was a significant predictor of reading performance for subjects with MD. Conclusions: The two fonts, designed specifically for MD, permit smaller print to be read, but provide no advantage over Courier.
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