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I'm used to writing with ~3-8 different colours. My colleagues are amazed (and make a bit of fun) that when I lend them an essay, every colour has a meaning. I
by dr_zoidberg 11y ago
I'm used to writing with ~3-8 different colours. My colleagues are amazed (and make a bit of fun) that when I lend them an essay, every colour has a meaning. I also use block letters and cursive to subtly alter the meaning of a phrase.
I've done this since highschool, because a full page with single coloured text seems incredibly boring to me, and it draws my attention away.
- DanBC 11y agoThat sounds incredibly difficult to read for most people. How sure are you that it's an effective method to communicate with other people? (Or is it just something you do for your own stuff, and other people get plain text?)
- dr_zoidberg 11y agoIt's an effective method to write for myself, most of this stuff is meant as drafts that only I (or few people) are meant to read. But it still sounds worse than it actually is, I promise it's a lot clearer than it sounds. Most of this is technical stuff with formulas or code, so it helps a lot more than it seems from the description. And the "full 8 colours" are only used in special cases with a lot going around.
- ntoshev 11y agoThat's interesting! Can I see such an essay of yours?
- dr_zoidberg 11y agoMost of my writing is in spanish, does it bother? I may have a few things written in english though.
- tangled_zans 11y agoI would love to see it too!
- ntoshev 11y agoEnglish is better as I'd have to run Spanish through Google Translate. Email is in my profile if you don't want to post it here.