The Effect of Age and Font Size on Reading Text on Handheld Computers
The Effect of Age and Font Size on Reading Text on Handheld Computers
I. Darroch,Joy Goodman-Deane,S. Brewster,P. Gray
2005 · DOI: 10.1007/11555261_23
IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction · 166 Citations
TLDR
Investigation into the effect of varying font size between 2 and 16 point on reading text on a handheld computer showed that there was little difference in reading performance above 6 point, but subjective comments from participants showed a preference for sizes in the middle range.