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The great typography bake-off: comparing legibility at-a-glance

Ben D. SawyerDepartment of Industrial Engineering & Management Systems, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL; ;Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL; ;Massachusetts Institute of Technology, AgeLab, Cambridge, MA; Correspondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Jonathan DobresMassachusetts Institute of Technology, AgeLab, Cambridge, MA; View further author information
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Nadine ChahineMonotype Imaging, Woburn, MAView further author information
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Bryan ReimerMassachusetts Institute of Technology, AgeLab, Cambridge, MA; View further author information
Pages 391-398 | Received 26 Feb 2018, Accepted 17 Oct 2019, Published online: 05 Mar 2020

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