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Assessing Typographic Knowledge Using Timed Tests

While researchers and instructors of technical and professional communication have embraced the importance of visual communication skills in recent years, little systematic effort has been made to develop assessment instruments that measure visual design skills. This paper presents a project that ex...

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Published in:	IEEE transactions on professional communication 2011-06, Vol.54 (2), p.105-121
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