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Published on: November 27, 2017
On the poor legibility of the captions in musea
H E Henkes1, H Bouma, L H van der Tweel
1Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam. The Netherlands.
Abstract:
In the museum world, designers in general hardly take into account the legitimate wishes of elderly visitors, whose visual acuity is often less than optimal, with regard to the legibility of the captions by paintings or in show-cases. The conditions necessary for letter and word recognition, the influence of illumination, contrast and colour are discussed. Test-cards for use in musea, and the recruiting of a representative test-group of senior citizens, are recommended.
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