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Newspaper eye movement

Written on 16 Mar 2008, 1 comments, 1602 hits

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Here’s a study that shows how the eyes are reading the newspaper. Very interesting!

This Newspaper has already been read. The eyes’ movements while reading were recorded, digitalized and then reproduced as a print-out. What emerges is an intimation of something that is actually an invisible process, namely reading; what remains behind is a trace of the intake of information. The result is a daily paper which has already been read - a complete and completely read Frankfurter Allgemeine, as it were.

The paper was printed alongside a regular daily Frankfurter Allgemeine an in an identical manner using a rotary printing press. Kindly supported by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH, Frankfurter Societätsdruckerei GmbH and Hesse Ministry of Science and Art. (Jochem Hendricks, “Newspaper”, 1994)

Source: http://www.doctorhugo.org/eyemovements/eyemovements.html

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Viorel's avatar Viorel  From Romaniaon Mar 16

Great idea!

They’re probably studying how patterns work to improve “usability” and legibility in their newspaper designs.

 
 
 

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