Evaluación de la legibilidad de la tipografía tailandesa de diseño universal y las tipografías tailandesas de estilo romano en diferentes distancias de visualización
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Este estudio comparó la legibilidad de la tipografía tailandesa de diseño universal (FT Manifest UD) con dos tipografías de estilo romano (DB Ozone y Sukhumvit Tadmai) en múltiples distancias. Se empleó una metodología de umbral de distancia con 31 participantes tailandeses de diversas edades y agudezas visuales, quienes identificaron 36 consonantes tailandesas en 15 distancias distintas. La Prueba de Wilcoxon reveló que FT Manifest UD superó significativamente a otras tipografías en legibilidad general (p < 0.05), aunque ciertas formas de letras, como Yo Yak /ย/, mostraron mejor desempeño en tipografías de estilo romano.
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