Legibility of Five-Digit Arabic and Devanagri Numerals as a Function of Their Sizes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10123866 |
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| Authors | Chittranjan N Daftuar (Magadh University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 139-144 |
| Publication date | 1977-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of General Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1309 • E-ISSN: 1940-0888 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00221309.1977.9918510 |
| PMID | 886306 |
| OpenAlex | W1978241991 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
The purpose was to test two hypotheses: (a) Arabic numerals would be more legible than Devanagri; and (b) among all the four type sizes, 10-point printing faces would be most legible. Five-digit stimuli of four printing sizes (8-, 10-, 12-, and 14-points), printed on white cards in deep black ink, were tachistoscopically presented to 16 students (eight males, eight females) of undergraduate and graduate classes. F ratios for within points, as well as for within scripts, were significant. In all point sizes Arabic was more legible. All but two pairs of means of Arabic numerals (8- X 10-points and 10- X 12-points), but only two pairs of means (8- X 12-points and 8- X 14-points) of Devanagri numerals were significantly different from each other. Legibility scores distinctly rose with increase in sizes in both the numerals
Arabic · Arabic numerals · Arithmetic · Art · Geometry · Legibility · Linguistics · Numeral system · Numerical digit · Point (geometry · Visual arts · Artificial Intelligence · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills · Computer Science · Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders · Mathematics · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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