Introduction Symbol (i.e., "pictorial") highway signs yield legibility distances which are on average twice as great as those achieved for their text sign counterparts. However, the relative superiority of symbol signs is neither uniform nor universal. Some symbol signs are legible from 3-times as far away while other poorly designed symbol signs can be recognized at only half the distance of t...

We analyze the quality of condensed text on LCD displays, generated with unhinted and hinted bilevel characters, with traditional anti-aliased and with perceptually-tuned grayscale characters. Hinted bi-level characters and perceptually-tuned grayscale characters improve the quality of displayed small size characters (8pt, 6pt) up to a line condensation factor of 80%. At higher condensation fac...

As in printed matter, black text on white background is the most legible color combination on small computer screens

Over the last few decades, some newly developed areas in the city of Isfahan have had serious problems in providing such urban design qualities as legibility, and this has led to various problems for the citizens like difficulty in way-finding, orientation or addressing. In order to solve this problem and enrich the legibility of newly developed areas, planners and designers should utilize appr...

extended abstract 1. introduction according to the source language and target language differences in the nature and structure and other cultural and style factors, the translator sometimes has no way other than making changes in the source text; therefore, some target-oriented scholars such as ladmiral calls translators for exerting changes and modifications in carious structural areas for the...