Making text easier to read

As reading shifts from print to screens, researchers are trying to figure out how to make that reading easier. A company called Live Ink has spent ten years studying how our eyes move when we read, and reports research findings that the way we currently display text - in large blocks, just like you're seeing here - isn't the most effective because the natural field of focus for our eyes is circular, so our eyes view the printed page as if we’re peering through a straw. They have devised algorithms to reformat text to make it easier and faster for our eyes and brains to process. A scientific report of their work is available online in the e-journal Reading Online.