Digital typography: an introduction to type and composition for computer system design
Digital typography: an introduction to type and composition for computer system design
HCI, natural science and design: a framework for triangulation across disciplines
DIS '97 Proceedings of the 2nd conference on Designing interactive systems: processes, practices, methods, and techniques
CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Designing Safety-critical interfaces entails proving the safety and operational usability of each component. Largely taken for granted in everyday interface design, the typographical component, through its legibility and aesthetics, weighs heavily on the ubiquitous reading task at the heart of most visualizations and interactions. In this paper, we present a research project whose goal is the creation of a new typeface to display textual information on future aircraft interfaces. After an initial task analysis leading to the definition of specific needs, requirements and design principles, the design constantly evolves from an iterative cycle of design and experimentation. We present three experiments (laboratory and cockpit) used mainly to validate initial choices and fine-tune font properties. Results confirm the importance of rigorously testing the typographical component as a part of text output evaluation in interactive systems.