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The effects of age, viewing distance, display type, font type, colour contrast and number of syllables on the legibility of Korean characters

Yong-Ku Kong Department of Systems Management Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 440–746, Korea
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Inseok Lee Department of Safety Engineering, Hankyong National University, Ansung, 456–749, Korea
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Myung-Chul Jung Department of Industrial and Information Systems Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon, 443–749, Korea
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Young-Woong Song Department of Occupational Health, Catholic University of Daegu, Gyeongsan, 712–702, KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 453-465 | Received 01 Jul 2010, Accepted 22 Feb 2011, Published online: 04 May 2011

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