Mary C. Dyson

List of John Benjamins publications for which Mary C. Dyson plays a role.

Journal

Information Design Journal (IDJ)

Edited by Maria dos Santos Lonsdale

ISSN 0142-5471 | E-ISSN 1569-979X

Articles

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Dyson, Mary C. and Sofie Beier 2016 Investigating typographic differentiation: Italics are more subtle than bold for emphasis Information Design Journal 22:1, pp. 3–18 | Article

Text designers are likely to benefit from guidance on how to use typographic differentiation for emphasis. Three experiments use purposely-designed fonts to explore the size and nature of differences in the stylistic characteristics of fonts (weight, width, contrast, italic) which affect letter… read more

Dyson, Mary C. 2014 Learning and navigating in hypertext: Navigational support by hierarchical menu or tag cloud?, feature article in Computers in Human Behavior, 46 (May 2015) Information Design Journal 21:2, pp. 179–180 | Review

Souza, José Marconi Bezerra de and Mary C. Dyson 2008 Are animated demonstrations the clearest and most comfortable way to communicate on-screen instructions? Information Design Journal 16:2, pp. 107–124 | Article

This study uses preference measurements to compare participants’ perceptions of nine versions of on-screen instructions and aims to discover the ones users consider to be the clearest and most comfortable to use. Instructions are divided into 3 categories: composite instructions, synoptic… read more

Spinillo, Carla G. and Mary C. Dyson 2001 An exploratory study of reading procedural pictorial sequences Theme: Pictograms, pp. 154–168 | Article

This paper presents the results of an exploratory study into the influence of picture content and verbal language reading directions on reading procedural pictorial sequences. A sequence of four pictures representing the procedure hrow away after use as tested in four graphic configurations… read more