Determining the Optimum Font Size for Braille on Capsule Paper

Tetsuya WATANABE

doi:10.1587/transinf.E97.D.2191

Determining the Optimum Font Size for Braille on Capsule Paper

Tetsuya WATANABE

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Braille fonts allow us to easily make braille labels on capsule paper. For legibility, fonts should be printed at optimum sizes. To find the optimum sizes for Japanese braille fonts, we conducted an experiment in which a Japanese braille font was printed at various sizes on capsule paper and read and rated by young braille users. The results show that braille printed at 17 and 18 point sizes were read faster and evaluated higher than those printed at smaller or bigger sizes.

Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information Vol.E97-D No.8 pp.2191-2194

Publication Date: 2014/08/01

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Online ISSN: 1745-1361

DOI: 10.1587/transinf.E97.D.2191

Type of Manuscript: LETTER

Category: Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology

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Tetsuya WATANABE
University of Niigata

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braille fonts, capsule paper, tactile reading, legibility

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Tetsuya WATANABE, "Determining the Optimum Font Size for Braille on Capsule Paper" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information, vol. E97-D, no. 8, pp. 2191-2194, August 2014, doi: 10.1587/transinf.E97.D.2191.
Abstract: Braille fonts allow us to easily make braille labels on capsule paper. For legibility, fonts should be printed at optimum sizes. To find the optimum sizes for Japanese braille fonts, we conducted an experiment in which a Japanese braille font was printed at various sizes on capsule paper and read and rated by young braille users. The results show that braille printed at 17 and 18 point sizes were read faster and evaluated higher than those printed at smaller or bigger sizes.
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