Reading Expository Text on a Computer Screen
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1994/PDFs/PG455457.PDF

Ham, Eardley L.
STC Proceedings
1994

Abstract:

Issues of legibility, restricted screen space, and the resulting effects on reader efficiency have hampered efforts to bring expository text to the computer screen. Previous research focused on character-based displays, a technology that is rapidly being supplanted by equipment capable of improved resolution and visual symbol generation. These issues, which affect both authors and readers, need to be investigated in light of current screen and user interface technology. It may well be that linear expository texts are easily adaptable to contemporary computer screens.