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RE: Study shows difficult to read instructions decrease motivation
Subject:RE: Study shows difficult to read instructions decrease motivation From:cewinch -at- aep -dot- com To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:29:19 -0400
No...the rhetorical principles of font selection in general--why sans
serif is better for one purpose and serif for another...that sort of
thing.
:)
Thanks--
Connie
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RE: Study shows difficult to read instructions decrease motivation
The rhetorical principles of choosing an unreadable font?
Am missing the rhetorical part.
Cheers,
Sean
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Subject: Re: Study shows difficult to read instructions decrease
motivation
Arroxane, thank you for sending this! It provides scientific proof of
what
we've known all along. Not only were the rhetoric principles we learned
in
school correct (for those of us with formal communications training),
but
also...that it's not "just" formating. Formatting communicates
something!
So--now we have a little something to show our less-convinced
coworkers.... :-)
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