[IxDA Discuss] font size for small screens at a distance

[Nancy Broden]

On Jun 9, 2006, at 9:42 AM, Julie Stanford wrote:

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> Hello,
>
> I am working on a design for a small screen on a conference room  
> phone which
> is obviously not handheld, but will be seen at a short distance  
> (imagine
> sitting at a conference room table with the phone about an arm's  
> length
> away). Is there any research that has been done on font size at that
> distance on a small screen device?
>
> Julie

Punchcut presented a paper at DUX 2005 on typography considerations  
when designing for mobile (or small devices in general). It is  
available through the AIGA's site:

http://gain.aiga.org/content.cfm? 
ContentAlias=_getfullarticle&aid=1684218

Some of the research and findings in our paper may be helpful to you  
in this case.

Nancy Broden
Interaction Design Director

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