Abstract
We investigated the effects of lightness, contrast and character size on preferred viewing distance for reflective LCDs. The 29 subjects with normal visual acuity assessed the preferred viewing distance for the 25 lightness and contrast combinations for five character sizes displayed on hard copies that simulated reflective LCDs. The results indicate that the preferred viewing distance is dependent on subjective legibility of the simulated reflective LCD. The relationships between the preferred viewing distance and the display image characteristics for reflective LCDs were discussed.
