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The purpose of this study was to determine the optimal strokewidth-to-heightratio (S/H ratio) and width-to-height ratio (W/H ratio) in Chinese characters;moreover, whether these optimal ratios were contingent to the strokes number and configuration type of Chinese characters. Two experiments were conducted in this study.Experiment 1 aimed to determinethe optimal S/H ratio. The S/H ratio, strokes number and configuration type were employed as independent variables. Twenty subjects were asked to tell whatwas the character displayed with a tachistoscopic equipment. The rate of correct recognition was used as dependent variable. Experiment 2 aimed to determine the optimal W/H ratio.The W/H ratio, strokes number and configurationtype were employed as independent variables.Its experiment design was the sameas that of experiment 1. Experiment results indicated that all independent variables significantly affect the rate of correct recognition. Besides, the maximal rates of correct recognition were under 8% of S/H ratio, and under 1.25 of W/H ratio. Based on these findings,we recommended that the optimal S/H ratio of Chinese charactersis 8%±1% (S:H=1:11~1:14), and the optimal W/H ratio of Chinese characters is between 1.00 and 1.25.
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