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\subsection{Text readability} |
\subsection{Text readability} |
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XXX: http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-6-4-81 |
XXX: http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPEX-6-4-81 |
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% "Background variation effects were only seen when the text contrast was low" |
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% "[...] several studies have indicated that there is a low correlation between |
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% subjective preference for text displays and empirical measures of their |
% subjective preference for text displays and empirical measures of their |
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% readability." |
% readability." |
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The most common criticism against this work concerns |
The most common criticism against this work concerns |
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text readability. |
text readability. |
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Indeed, one of the most difficult aspects of this work {\em was} tuning the random |
Indeed, one of the most difficult aspects of this work {\em was} tuning the random |
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color selection to produce acceptable results. |
color selection to produce acceptable results. |
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However, in the current version, even relatively small text is quite legible on the backgrounds. |
However, in the current version, even relatively small text is quite legible on the backgrounds. |
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Text readability on the generated backgrounds depends |
Additionally, |
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text readability on the generated backgrounds depends |
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strongly on the text scale; making it easy for the user to zoom |
strongly on the text scale; making it easy for the user to zoom |
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fluidly in and out helps. |
fluidly in and out helps. |
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It is also possible to enhance the text readability explicitly. |
It is also possible to enhance the text readability explicitly, |
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by lightening (``bleaching'') the background slightly around the area where the text |
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We have bee |
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and works well because we start from a fairly light background. |
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Related to framing the text with light colors, ... |
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The bleaching is unnoticeable and works well because |
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we start from a fairly light background (>80 XXX). |
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On a darker background, this approach would probably look silly. |
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