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Designing and Evaluating Livefonts

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) via YouTube

Overview

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Explore a groundbreaking approach to improving text legibility on small screens through animated scripts called livefonts. Delve into the design process, evaluation methods, and results of a study comparing livefonts to traditional static text for both low-vision and sighted users. Learn about the potential of livefonts to display English at approximately half the size of traditional letters while maintaining legibility. Discover the learnability of these animated scripts and their implications for future text display technologies. Gain insights into the challenges and opportunities presented by personal computing devices for text display, and understand how livefonts capitalize on modern screens' animation capabilities to enhance readability for all users.

Syllabus

Introduction
The Problem
What are Livefonts
Live Fonts
Animated Emoji
Participatory Design Process
Experiment
Results
Transcription task
Scripts
Matilda
Average Results
Website
Mechanical Turk
Overall Results
Prior Work
Summary
Future Work
Colorblindness

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ACM SIGCHI

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