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Volume 3, Issue 1
  • ISSN 0142-5471
  • E-ISSN: 1569-979X
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Abstract

This paper reports research on the use of the semantic differential to determine the connotative meaning of ten display typefaces using laymen as subjects. There were several surprising outcomes of the study. Helvetica, the only sans serif typeface, was not perceived as differing significantly from serifed typefaces on most dimensions. Examples of different typeface classifications were also perceived as having similar connotative meanings, and two very distinctive novelty typefaces were surprisingly neutral on all factoral dimensions.

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1982-01-01
2025-02-12
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  • Article Type: Research Article
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