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AR / VR (XR) Typography Guidelines v1.0
  • Get Started
  • Basic Concepts
    • Text Rendering
    • Type Anatomy
    • Readability vs Legibility
    • 2D vs 3D Text
  • Reading Experience
    • Visual
      • Visual Acuity
      • Spatial Frequency
      • Crowding
      • Foveal and Parafoveal Reading
    • Technical Aspects
      • Aberrations
      • Field of View
      • Resolution and Refresh Rate
  • Type Classification in XR
    • Introduction
    • Anchoring of Information
    • Placement Zones
    • Types of Text
      • Text in HUD
      • Text for long reading
      • Sticky info text
      • Signage text
      • Responsive text
      • Ticker text
  • Type Selection
    • Font Weight
    • Stroke Contrast
    • Width
    • x-height
    • Counters
    • Joints/Intersections
    • Stroke Endings
    • Letter-Spacing
  • Coming Soon
    • Typesetting
      • Text Size
      • Alignment
      • Length
      • Rhythm
      • Hierarchy
    • Placement
    • Legibility of Typefaces
    • Accessibility
    • Language Support
    • Recommended Typefaces
    • Unity Template
  • ☕️ Support my Research
  • 🙏Acknowledgement
  • 🤝Feedback
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  1. Type Classification in XR
  2. Types of Text

Ticker text

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Last updated 3 years ago

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The term ticker comes from news tickers, the element which has moving text information. Quite a useful method to attract attention and show more information in a small area. Eg: notifications in HUD, showing information in supermarkets.

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