Biomedical subjects

P Burnhill

Publications and source records attributed to P Burnhill.

5 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1979

The role of spatial and typographic cues in the layout of journal references.

Fifteen American and 15 British readers used the method of paired comparisons to assess 12 different ways of presenting reference lists in social science journals. The results indicated - despite British preferences for British styles - that the spatial arrangements of elements in the list was the major determinant of preference, and that the presence of a typographic cue only enhanced a preference for a particular layout.

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PubMed1977

Typographic decision making: the layout of indexes.

The authors have previously published work on typography and the design of instructional materials. This paper reports the application of their approach to the design and layout of a textbook index.

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PubMed1976

Tables in text.

Tables were inserted into a four page article, and subjects were asked to scan the text which was printed in a two-column or a single-column format. The single-column format was scanned significantly faster than the double-column layout, and there were marked reader preferences for the single-column layout.

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PubMed1975

On the typing of tables.

This paper argues the case for left-ranging rather than centred tables and reports the time taken by a typist to type left-ranging and centred tables at three levels of complexity complexity. Considerable savings are shown for left-ranging tables at each level.

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PubMed1974

Typographical problems of journal design.

This paper describes a comparison study of the effectiveness of an article set in the old and in the revised typographical format of Programmed Learning and Educational Technology. The results indicated no significant differences in terms of reading speed, comprehension, scanning scores or preferences. Some implications for journal design and research are considered.

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