20.500.12556/RUL-175171 Teachers’ views of academically gifted students through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic a qualitative study in three countries Reading fluency depends on the typographic design. Letters can have different shapes that evoke different feelings in the reader and influence reading fluency. Previous studies that explored the link between typeface shape and taste and its impact on reading and readers’ attitudes mainly focused on shorter texts or individual words. In contrast, our study investigated how the taste (sweetness) attributed to the typeface is related to reading fluency and the pleasantness of the typeface during reading longer texts, and whether these relationships are the same in children and adult readers. We found that readers of both age groups perceived rounded letters as sweeter than angular letters. The perceived sweetness correlated positively with the pleasantness of the typeface and reading fluency. Younger readers showed a higher general rating of sweetness and a stronger relationship between the perceived sweetness and the pleasantness of the typeface than older, more experienced readers. This suggests that the sweeter and more pleasant the typeface is perceived to be, the faster it can be read. When fast processing of longer texts is required, we recommend the use of rounded typefaces with more organic shapes, including serif typefaces with some characteristics of old-style typefaces, rather than using angular, sans serif typefaces. COVID-19 teachers teaching gifted students beliefs cross cultural studies COVID-19 učitelji poučevanje nadarjeni učenci prepričanja medkulturne študije true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-10-20 11:34:25 2025-10-20 11:34:31 2025-12-07 03:46:18 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 351-366 iss. 4 Vol. 69 Oct. 2025 0000-00-00 PostprintKoncna Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 37.015.3:616-036.22 1934-9041 10.1177/00169862241302823 223031043 Podlesek_Teachers’_views_of_academically_gifted_students_through_the_lens_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_rokopis_za_RUL_TK.pdf Podlesek_Teachers’_views_of_academically_gifted_students_through_the_lens_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_rokopis_za_RUL_TK.pdf 1 1F46A37E32C7559ACB563DB2491A902E 73ccdd4669fa19a65d3b68958c5b48638dda1810b32a04c5dca5e95215a1bff3 66e19a95-ae6a-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=220528 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00169862241302823 1 b3daaeb3-ad97-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=220477 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0