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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Aging Effects of Inner Character Space and Line Space of Japanese Language

Authors : Nana Itoh, Ken Sagawa

Published in: Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018)

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This study used Japanese sentences to investigate how inner character space, line space, and reader age differences affect readability. Results can suggest good layout of sentences for older adults. Japanese sentence experiments revealed that adequate inner character, line space, and number of characters provide good readability.

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Literature
1.
Sagawa K (2002) Visual function of older people and visibility of traffic signs. Gerontechnology 1:296–299
2.
Sagawa K, Ujike H, Sasaki T (2003) Legibility of japanese characters and sentences as a function of age. In: Proceedings of the IEA 2003, vol 7, pp 496–499
3.
Sagawa K, Itoh N (2006) Legible font size of a Japanese single character for older people. In: Proceedings of the IEA 2006. CD-ROM
Metadata
Title
Aging Effects of Inner Character Space and Line Space of Japanese Language
Authors
Nana Itoh
Ken Sagawa
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018)

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-96064-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-96065-4

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96065-4_18

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