1 See, for example, “A Review of Human Factors Guidelines and Techniques for the Design of Graphical Human-Computer Interfaces” by Martin Maguire, International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 1982, vol. 16(3), p. 237–261.

2 A concise summary of typographic principles of this kind is found in The Mac is Not a Typewriter by Robin Williams, Peachpit Press, 1990. Despite the title, the book is of value to non-Macintosh owners as well.

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