Individual+Hypothesis

Heather: When learning the basics of a computer program (i.e. Photoshop) people retain the information better when viewing a video tutorial of the process as opposed to printed material with screenshots and instruction.

Julie: Learners retain information better when using their own images to practice a new skill in Photoshop instead of using images provided for them.

//(I copy/paste my hypothesis to the home page. Apparently nobody could see mine under the Projects or Pages tabs. Sorry about the size, I copy/paste out of Word and it won't let me alter the type size or color. I changed the drop down menu & nothing happens)//

** Nathan Wilson • Hypothesis **
Typographers often debate legibility preferences between serif typefaces and sans-serif typefaces. Ancient Romans added serifs to their typeface for aesthetic reasons as "finishing strokes" while designing their alphabet. Claude Garamond (circa 1610, France) revitalized the Roman typeface design to increase printing quality and improve production; printers quickly adopted this typestyle and are still widely used today. William Caslon (England) developed the first sans-serif typeface for printing in 1816; the typeface was revolutionary and became wildly popular across Europe and the Americas for signage.

Some typographers claim typeface characters including serifs add horizontal flow to a line of text aiding in legibility, while other typographers debate this claim by arguing sans-serif typefaces are more legible because the character is stripped of any distractions.

By contemporary standards, novels remain set in serif typefaces while most portable devices (tablets, smart-phones, etc.) use a sans-serif typeface for default viewing. Comparing these facts, one could argue that a large body of text would be read faster if typefaces on portable devices included serifs.


 * HYPOTHESIS: **** If serif typefaces are used on electronic devices for a large body of text, then readers will have increased legibility and reading speed. **