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The Science of Word Recognition

Posted by michael on from the paris-in-the-the-spring dept.

neile writes "I stumbled across a fascinating paper over at the Microsoft Typography site today that provides a really nice overview of the different theories on how humans read. If you thought we read by recognizing word shapes, think again! With the assistance of fancy eye-tracking cameras researchers have been able to devise several clever experiments to give us new insight into how reading works." We've linked to some of Larson's work previously.

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  1. Whine:aaah!! eyes hurt! by poohsuntzu · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Right, because we have the "Increase Text Size" option in firefox for shits and giggles. Use it, instead of complaining about font size without considering browser differences, resolution differences, installed font differences, and firefox features.

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  2. eyeQ torrent at suprnova.org by Zeroth_darkos · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    There's a torrent for eyeQ at suprnova.org for those who don't mind pirated software.