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Hard-to-Read Fonts Improve Learning

Posted by timothy on from the slashdot-design-philosophy-revealed dept.

arkenian writes "Difficult-to-read fonts make for better learning, according to scientists. The finding is about to be published in the international journal Cognition. Researchers at Princeton University employed volunteers to learn made-up information about different types of aliens — and found that those reading harder fonts recalled more when tested 15 minutes later. The article goes on to note a second test in a real school environment: 'Keen to see if their findings actually worked in practice, the Princeton University team then tested their results on 222 students aged between 15 and 18 at a secondary school in Chesterfield, Ohio.'... 'Students given the harder-to-read materials scored higher in their classroom assessments than those in the control group. This was the case across a range of subjects — from English, to Physics to History.'"

6 of 175 comments (clear)

  1. Wingdings by Tablizer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    nuf sed

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    Table-ized A.I.
  2. Re:Comic Sans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I think you're a Jew hater.

  3. Seems like by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    it's just a case of forcing the subjects to pay more attention.

  4. Genius by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I'll change all my browser fonts to Windings and than i'll read the whole Wikipedia.

  5. Costs no money? Takes no effort? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    "The fact that we can improve learning... with an intervention that costs no money and takes basically no effort to implement means that we can potentially improve education quickly and cheaply."

    bollocks

  6. tro7l by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    be treated by your up my toys. I'm Its readers and that *BSD 0wned.