Readability for our digital future
Readability changes the value of your words.
We study how digital devices can learn what each reader needs, then deliver the formatting and content that help. From the classroom to the operating room, in low vision readers and high-speed trading, TRC brings vital information into focus.
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One font does not fit all.
Across 352 readers, the median reader read 25% faster in their fastest of five fonts than in their slowest, without affecting comprehension. Some gained far more, and the fastest font was different for different readers.
Wallace, Bylinskii, Dobres, Kerr, Berlow, Treitman, Kumawat, Arpin, Miller, Huang & Sawyer. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 2022. doi:10.1145/3502222
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What we are working on
Driving simulator
Typeface and driver safety
Whether the type on in-vehicle screens changes how drivers read and respond, tested in a driving simulator.
Funded by Florida
Readability in the classroom
Font and spacing fit for K-12 students, with research funded by the State of Florida.
Published 2025
Beyond the Latin alphabet
Readability across scripts and languages: Arabic, Devanagari and other writing systems.
Members
Join us in enhancing reading for all.
For companies whose products put words in front of readers. TRC is directed by Ben D. Sawyer, PhD, of the University of Central Florida, and our industry and nonprofit full member board steers the research.