Influence of increased letter spacing and font type on the reading ability of dyslexic children

被引：14
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作者：
Duranovic, Mirela [1 ]
Senka, Smajlagic [1 ]
Babic-Gavric, Branka [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Tuzla, Dept Speech Language Pathol, Univ 1, Tuzla 75000, Bosnia & Herceg
来源：
ANNALS OF DYSLEXIA | 2018年 / 68卷 / 03期
关键词：
Dyslexia; Dyslexie; Font; Letter spacing; Reading; DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXIA; RECOGNITION; SIMILARITY; DISABILITY; DEFICIT; ADULTS; SPEED;
D O I：
10.1007/s11881-018-0164-z
中图分类号：
G76 [特殊教育];
学科分类号：
040109 ;
摘要：
Recent research studies have shown that increased letter spacing has a positive effect on the reading ability of dyslexic individuals. This study aims to investigate the effect of spacing on the readability of different fonts for children with and without dyslexia. Results did not support the hypothesis of better performance among children with dyslexia when reading text in Dyslexie than in other fonts. They, however, revealed that only spacing plays a role in enhancing dyslexic individuals' reading performance because Dyslexie and the Times New Roman interspaced font have no difference. Furthermore, the negative effect of the unfriendly fonts Times New Roman Italic and Curlz MT was eliminated through increased interletter spacing.
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页码：218 / 228
页数：11
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