Database

Preferred kerning and leading of text and sentences

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NamePreferred kerning and leading of text and sentences
Aliasesnone
DescriptionIn one of the sensory characteristics database of elderly persons and persons with disabilities, it is the database that it can estimate appropriate kerning and leading values for designing the form of text and sentences.
The preferred kerning and leading values can be estimated by setting design parameters of the text (font and size of letters) and the conditions of use (user’s age and viewing distance).
TypeDB
Main Institutes of managementHuman Technology Research Institute (HTRI), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Country of the InstituteJapan
URL of the sitehttp://scdb.db.aist.go.jp/db/vision/leading.html?lng=en
InterfaceGUI
Input exampleSpecify the age, viewing distance, font, size, screen size and screen resolution.
KeywordLetter spacing | Line spacing | Margin
Amount of the all data for download(Mbyte) | Method to obtain the all data.0.0|none
External resources (databases) in building the product.None
Data typeVisual data
Biological species in the main concernHuman
Conditions of useProhibition against reproduction and uninte nded purpose.
Frequency of updates (in last two years)unknown
Last date of updates (date of confirmation)2016/05/09 (2019/05/07)
Main IDs used in the productsnone
How to make a link to get access to each IDs.none
external databases to which this database/tool have linksnone
Published papers (PubMed IDs)none
Operational Statusavailable