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Refereed Paper

Evaluating the Efficiency of Typographic Design: Gender and Expertise Variation

Rasha DeebGhent UniversityDepartment of Geography, Krijgslaan281, S8, B-9000 Ghent, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kristien OomsGhent UniversityDepartment of Geography, Krijgslaan281, S8, B-9000 Ghent, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Valerie VanopbroekeGhent UniversityDepartment of Geography, Krijgslaan281, S8, B-9000 Ghent, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Philippe De MaeyerGhent UniversityDepartment of Geography, Krijgslaan281, S8, B-9000 Ghent, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 75-86 | Received 25 Mar 2012, Accepted 26 Feb 2013, Published online: 05 Dec 2013

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