Re:How Typography Can Save Your Life
by basseq on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @10:52AM
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Precisely this. Because "readability" isn't "what is this letter": humans interpolate based on context. It doesn't matter whether it's:
The Quick Brown Dog Jumped Over The Lazy Fox
-or-
Tha Quiek Brawn Deg Junped Ovar The Lasy Pox
... if you're expecting a certain phase, your brain can error-correct quite well.
Obviously this might not work where letters are important (say a 24-character software license key), but where words or prose is concerned, what matters is the whole.
The Quick Brown Dog Jumped Over The Lazy Fox
-or-
Tha Quiek Brawn Deg Junped Ovar The Lasy Pox
... if you're expecting a certain phase, your brain can error-correct quite well.
Obviously this might not work where letters are important (say a 24-character software license key), but where words or prose is concerned, what matters is the whole.