A calligraphic based scheme to justify Arabic text improving readability and comprehension

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Highlights：

• Text alignment is an important factor for visual appearance of a text.

• Current software violates basic rules when aligning Arabic text.

• Our algorithm for aligning Arabic text follows the old tradition of Arabic calligraphy.

• Experiment reveals subjects scored higher reading speed when using our justified text vs standard justification in MS Word.

• No other study in Arabic assessed the impact of text justification on the reading speed.

摘要

•Text alignment is an important factor for visual appearance of a text.•Current software violates basic rules when aligning Arabic text.•Our algorithm for aligning Arabic text follows the old tradition of Arabic calligraphy.•Experiment reveals subjects scored higher reading speed when using our justified text vs standard justification in MS Word.•No other study in Arabic assessed the impact of text justification on the reading speed.

论文关键词：Arabic typography,Font,Kashida,Text justification,Readability,Comprehension

论文评审过程：Available online 31 July 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.07.003