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Table 1 Mean values of “Pleasure”, “Arousal”, and “Dominance” in the [−1,1] scale along with their standard errors, for ten different font sizes using Times New Roman font type, with black font color on white background

From: Prosodic mapping of text font based on the dimensional theory of emotions: a case study on style and size

Font size (px)

Mean (SD)

Pleasure***

Arousal***

Dominance***

10

−0.47 (0.08)*

0.08 (0.12)

0.06 (0.12)

11

−0.30 (0.07)*

−0.05 (0.10)

0.04 (0.11)

12

−0.27 (0.07)*

−0.06 (0.10)

−0.07 (0.11)

13

−0.23 (0.08)*

−0.18 (0.10)a

−0.10 (0.11)

14

−0.01 (0.05)

−0.36 (0.09)*

−0.21 (0.11)a

15

0.13 (0.06)**

−0.37 (0.09)*

−0.40 (0.12)*

16

0.36 (0.06)*

−0.27 (0.10)*

−0.43 (0.11)*

18

0.28 (0.08)*

−0.21 (0.11)a

−0.53 (0.11)*

26

0.43 (0.07)*

0.02 (0.10)

−0.31 (0.12)**

32

0.20 (0.07)*

−0.03 (0.10)

−0.22 (0.12)a

  1. Significantly different from 0.00 at p < 0.01*, p < 0.05**, and p < 0.1a
  2. *** One-way repeated measures ANOVA (p < 0.05) revealed that font size affects “Pleasure”, “Arousal”, and “Dominance”