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This study examined the reading performance of chinese- english- mixed articles processed on computer and printed by printer. An experiment was conducted in order to find reasonable printing forms. There were four independent variables : (1) cha- racter density(D, three levels), (2) character spacing(X, three levels), (3) line spacing(L, three levels), (4) display format(fm or fk)and four dependent variables : (1) fault de- tection, (2) visual fatigue, (3) reading speed, (4) comprehension level in the experiment design. Forty-five undergraduate students whose sight were equivalent participated in this experiment. Re- sults of this study indicated that (1) in character size, the most reasonable desnity for reading is D1 level; (2) in character spacing, X4 is the best level for reading; (3) there is no signi- ficant difference in reading performance among three line spaces; And (4) there is almost no significant difference in reading per- formance between Ming style (fm) and KasShu style (fk). Additi- onally, double space (L25) printing style is used popularly. Th- erefore, D1X4L25 is the most reasonable printing form in chinese english-mixed articles.
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