Investigating Text Legibility on Non-Rectangular Displays

M Serrano; Anne Roudaut; Irani Pourang

doi:10.1145/2858036.2858057

Investigating Text Legibility on Non-Rectangular Displays

M Serrano
, Anne Roudaut
, Irani Pourang

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Abstract

Emerging technologies allow for the creation of nonrectangular displays with unlimited constraints in shape. However, the introduction of such displays radically deviates from the prevailing tradition of placing content on rectangular screens and raises fundamental design questions. Among these is the foremost question of how to legibly present text. We address this fundamental concern
through a multi-part exploration that includes: (1) a focus-group study from which we collected free-form display scenarios and extracted display shape properties; (2) a framework that identifies different mappings of text onto a
non-rectangular shape and formulates hypotheses concerning legibility for different display shape properties; and (3) a series of quantitative text legibility studies to assess our hypotheses. Or results agree with and extend upon other findings in the existing literature on text legibility, but they also uncover unique instances in which different rules need to be applied for non-rectangular
displays. These results also provide guidelines for the design of visual interfaces.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'16)
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	498-508
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9781450333627
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858057
Publication status	Published - 7 May 2016
Event	34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2016: chi4good - San Jose, United States Duration: 7 May 2016 → 12 May 2016 Conference number: 34 https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/

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Conference	34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2016
Abbreviated title	CHI 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	7/05/16 → 12/05/16
Other	For those who are finding out about CHI – pronounced kai – for the first time, CHI is a place to see, discuss and learn about the future of how people interact with technology. At any minute you might experience a new gesture interface for tablets, learn how developing countries use mobile phones for maternal health, play soccer against someone 3000 miles away, or debate the future of online education. You’ll meet with top researchers from universities, corporations and startups from across the world, as well as the brightest student scientists, designers, and researchers. It’s a place to find your community, to talk about your toughest problems, and to find your next job.
Internet address	https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/

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Bristol Interaction Group

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Freeform display
non-rectangular display
visual design guidelines
text legibility

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Serrano, M, Roudaut, A & Pourang, I 2016, Investigating Text Legibility on Non-Rectangular Displays. in Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'16). Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 498-508, 34th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2016, San Jose, California, United States, 7/05/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/2858036.2858057

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