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I was taught that the human eye typically begins in the upper left
corner of a graphic field and travels clockwise.  A graphic arts
professor explained this to me many years ago, and I've taken it to be
common knowledge in that field (???).
(This may only be true for those of us who are trained to read from
left to right, top to bottom, however.)

All that having been said, the path of the eye is easily interrupted
and redirected.  That's where we rely on graphic artist's intuition and
skill.


On Apr 15, 2004, at 7:06 PM, Cindy Chambers wrote:

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> Hi All,
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> Many thanks for your replies so far.
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> What I failed to mention in my original message was that the article
> was suggesting (or possibly used) eye-tracking software to measure how
> people scanned graphic panels as they approached an exhibit, rather
> than using observational sessions, surveys or recording conversations.
> I might check out human factor journals instead of education and
> museum-based journals.
>
> Thanks
> Cindy Chambers
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