We're pleased to share that The Washington Post has published an interactive article on the research of The Readability Consortium. Get hands-on with in-article experiments that allow you to read the article in your chosen font, observe how you respond to variable fonts, and uncover the science behind readability.

Read the full article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2023/best-font-you-test-types-styles/

#ReadabilityResearch #DigitalContent #PersonalizedFonts #ReadingSpeed #TypographyInsights #EduTech #TheWashingtonPost

Meet Dr. Dave Miller, an Associate of The Readability Consortium! Dr. Miller is currently involved in our research to optimize the readability of medical journal articles. He previously led research to enhance reading performance at UCF.

Stay tuned to meet our other Associates and learn how they are contributing to our continued efforts to #improvereadability for all!

#research #scienceofreading #typography #readingspeed #medical #medicaleducation #medicalcare #medicalreading

"Space for Readability: Effects on Reading Speed from Individuated Character and Word Spacing," studies the influence of character and word spacing on adult reading performance. The work extends prior research that demonstrated individual typeface selection per reader could significantly increase reading speed while maintaining comprehension.

Read more: https://jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2783976

#reading #scienceofreading #readingscience #betterreading #readability #typography #readingspeed #readingresearch

A major new study by Shaun Wallace and colleagues has discovered that fonts matter for the readability of digital text.

Thank you #FastCompany
for the write-up of the findings!

Read it here: https://lnkd.in/evd49D5Z

Read the research study: https://lnkd.in/e8ztEnMZ

#research #readingspeed #readability #typography #individualizedformats #innovation #betterreading #improvedreading #ACM #TOCHI #education #edu

Read the "Towards Individuated Reading Experiences: Different Fonts Increase Reading Speed for Different Individuals" readability study:
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3502222#d1e6100

#readability #reading #readingspeed #readingcommunity #readabilitymatters #research #researchcommunity #adobe #adoberesearch #typography #textformat #format #fonts

@fsf
Thanks FSF,

A passiveAggressive abuse is the #opacityZero that js-requiring sites feature. There might be a way to detect such (when a browser has #javascript disabled) and ask to remove the CSS?

We've also boosted often since January the growing danger around #lazyLoading images.

Though not using JS, it can argueably be used to fingerprint visitors, infer their #readingSpeed and as such #targetUsers with *bespoke* lazy-loaded images like #advertisments at the end of an articles, etc.