[Sigia-l] Legibility?

[James Spahr]

cute, isn't it?

If I only lean on my knowledge of typography, I would argue that it 
*does* matter what order your letters are in -- and that we are talking 
about readability here, not legibility. Here's the school book answer.

When we read, we recognize word shapes and try to place them in context 
with in the sentence that we are reading. So:

letter order does not matter
leettr order does not mttaer

but:

ltteer order does mtaetr

The example below is using loaded dice, as it were.

If anyone is interested in this from a design/typogaphy perspective I 
highly recommend looking at the book 'About Face' by David jury (2002 
Rotovision Press). It's best modern book I've found that discusses 
these types of issues.

James.


On Sunday, September 14, 2003, at 11:29  PM, Listera wrote:

>
> Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in 
> waht
> oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, olny taht the frist and lsat ltteres 
> are at
> the rghit pcleas. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed 
> it
> wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by 
> ilstef,
> but the wrod as a wlohe.
>
> <http://www.languagehat.com/archives/000840.php>
>
> Ziya
> Nullius in Verba
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James.