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I think the author intended that both formulas and pictograms are forms of text. They're both made up of abstract symbols that can be composed to create meaning
by DougWebb 11y ago
I think the author intended that both formulas and pictograms are forms of text. They're both made up of abstract symbols that can be composed to create meaning.
- jameshart 11y agoRight, but "plain text" is just a one dimensional stream of symbols. A mathematical formula is a two dimensional arrangement of symbols - there's a degree of additional complexity there which moves it from 'text' closer to 'diagram'. A scatter plot is just abstract symbols creating meaning, too - but it's clearly not just text.