디지털 문자매체의 확산에 따른 인쇄 매체상의 서체와 가독성의 상관성 변화- 2022년 현재 청년층을 대상으로 한 명조체와 고딕체의 가독성 비교 실험 -

Abstract

Myeongjo has been known as the most readable Hangul typeface. This base on the theory that the serif of Latin letters increases readability and the experiment of Ahn Sang-soo in 1980. Therefore the Myeongjo is applied to the main text on most print media. However, familiarity is also known as important factors affecting readability. In the 1980s, Myeongjo was the most familiar font, whereas for young people in 2022, the familiarity with Myeongjo and Gothic font changed due to the increase in the frequency of text contact through digital media. This implies that the readability according to the applied typefaces has changed. Therefore, an experiment was conducted to compare the readability of Myeongjo and Gothic fonts targeting young people in the 2022. To this end, the experiment was designed and conducted in the same way as possible as the experiment in 1980. However, because of changed typesetting environment, the Myeongjo, typed by phototypesetter, was replaced with a Batang which is one of Myeongjo fonts input digitally by various companies and a Gothic was replaced with a Doteum which is also one of various Gothic versions, and InDesign CC2022 was used to typeset. As a result, the letters applied Gothic was read more per unit time than Myeongjo. However, as a result of the T-test, it was found that P>0.05 was not significant, so it was not possible to confirm that the readability of Gothic font was higher than that of Myeongjo font. However, the results were contradictory to the experimental results conducted in 1980, confirming that the change in familiarity also changed the readability.