spatial layout determing readablity of letters

• Project/Area Number: 23611001
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Design science
• Research Institution: Iwate University
• Principal Investigator: AKUTSU Hiromi 岩手大学, 教育学部, 教授 (10374860)
• Research Collaborator: HIRATA Mitsuhiko 岩手大学, 教育学部, 准教授
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: 文字の空間配置 / 縦書きと横書き / visual span / crowding / 書の美的効果 / reading / aesthetic impression / 日本語表記 / 読みやすさ / 心理物理学 / 空間配置

Research Abstract

In this project,I addressed two questions:(1) how the visual span for letter recognition is influenced by vertical and horizontal spatial layouts.(2) which of the two spaial layout facilitates reading speed. I found that the visual span was larger in the horizontal layout than in the vertical layout for both Janaese and Americasns. I also found that there was no difference between the two spatial layouts in reading speed.
This project added the study of beauty of Japanese chariography. The effects of strokes on the beauty w3as examined by constructing new measurement scales.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 文字造型の感性評価1 (2013)
  • Author(s): 平田光彦、阿久津洋巳
  • Journal Title: 日本官能評価学会誌 Volume: 第17巻第1号 Pages: 21-28
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 文字造型の感性評価2 (2013)
  • Author(s): 平田光彦、阿久津洋巳
  • Journal Title: 書写書道教育研究 Volume: 第27号 Pages: 50-57
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Sensory evaluation of character Form 1 : Evaluation of the aesthetic impression created by proportioned characters (2013)
  • Author(s): 平田光彦、 阿久津洋巳
  • Journal Title: Japanese Journal of Sensory Evaluation Volume: 17 Issue: 1 Pages: 21-28
  • DOI: 10.9763/jjsse.17.21
  • NAID: 130003397869
  • ISSN: 1342-906X, 2187-2546
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 文字造形の感性評価2：左右の払いに関する美的印象 (2013)
  • Author(s): 平田光彦、 阿久津洋巳
  • Journal Title: 書写書道教育研究 Volume: 27 Pages: 50-57
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 文字造型の感性評価 1: 整斉を基調とする文字の美的評価 (2013)
  • Author(s): 平田光彦 阿久津洋巳
  • Journal Title: 日本官能評価学会誌 Volume: 17 Pages: 21-28
  • NAID: 130003397869
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 文字造形の感性評価２：左右の払いに関する美的印象 (2012)
  • Author(s): 平田光彦 阿久津洋巳
  • Journal Title: 書写書道教育研究 Volume: 27 Pages: 50-57
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 読みの視野の広さ-日本人とアメリカ人の比較- (2014)
  • Author(s): 阿久津洋巳
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会技術研究報告ヒューマンコミュニケーション基礎
  • Place of Presentation: 石川県加賀温泉(信学技法IEICE Technical Report (2014-03、13-15))
• [Presentation] 読みの視野の広さ －日本人とアメリカ人の比較ー (2014)
  • Author(s): 阿久津洋巳
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会
  • Place of Presentation: 石川県 加賀市 山代温泉 瑠璃光