The Art & Science of Reading

The Art & Science of Reading
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The Art & Science of Reading
December 2011 in Kirkland and February 2012 in Seattle

Are certain fonts easier to read than others? Is Comic Sans the perfect email font? In this Science Café, join Kevin Larson, PhD, of Microsoft's Advanced Reading Technologies Group to discover how optical illusions in some popular fonts make things easier to read, and how the design and appearance of text can make you more cognitively creative.

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Ben in Seattle
02/15/12

Broken. Video stops at 9minute mark

awiesenbach
02/16/12

Thanks Ben. This should be working now.

Annika
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