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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
Reading Information in “Sans Forgetica” Does Not Help People to Learn.
- Sarah Hall
The University of Waikato - Andrea Taylor
The University of Waikato - Mevagh Sanson
The University of Waikato - Ryan Burnell
The University of Waikato - Kimberley Wade
University of Warwick - Maryanne Garry
The University of Waikato
Abstract
Some studies suggest that reading information in a hard-to-read font promotes learning. Across four experiments, we examined whether “Sans Forgetica” improves memory performance—as the font’s creators claim. Although subjects found Sans Forgetica harder to read than Arial, Sans Forgetica led to equivalent memory performance, and sometimes even impaired it.
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