Linda Reynolds
List of John Benjamins publications for which Linda Reynolds plays a role.
2003 Serifs, sans serifs and infant characters in children’s reading books Information Design Journal 11:2/3, pp. 106–122 | Article
This paper describes part of the work of the Typographic Design for Children project at The University of Reading. The aim was to find out whether children found serif or sans serif types easier or more difficult to read, and whether they found text with infant characters (e.g. variants of ‘a’ and… read more
2001 Case Study Improving the user-friendliness of a directory of chemical substances: the Approved Supply List Theme: Information landscapes, pp. 270–285 | Article
The purpose of this study was to improve the usability of the Approved Supply List, an alphabetical directory of chemical substances containing a series of entries each having a number of standard elements. The original directory consisted of two printed volumes in different formats and involved a… read more
1998 Elaine Kempson and Nick Moore Information Design Journal 9:1, pp. 77–79 | Review
1995 The functional use of colour on visual display units: Air traffic control displays Information Design Journal 8:2, pp. 109–124 | Article
Where full-colour monitors are used for information displays, the use of colour must take into account ergonomic, perceptual, cognitive and aesthetic factors. Air traffic control displays are a safety-critical application where it is essential that colour should not be used inappropriately. This… read more
1979 Teletext and viewdata — a new challenge for the designer Information Design Journal 1:1, pp. 2–14 | Article
Teletext and viewdata displays present a strong challenge to the information designer. The mono-spaced dot matrix characters are relatively crude in their design, and their positioning is determined by a fixed grid. The graphics facility is also somewhat crude. The scope for typographic and spatial… read more