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If anyone uses narrower fonts so they can see more on a single screen, here's exactly what you need: http://dotsies.org http://dotsies.org — It's a mysterious d

by tajen 10y ago

If anyone uses narrower fonts so they can see more on a single screen, here's exactly what you need: http://dotsies.org http://dotsies.org — It's a mysterious dot font that is not braille. Have fun (spoiler: I didn't succeed to use it).

andai 10y ago
Wow, thanks for sharing!
- tajen 10y ago
  Didn't expect such enthusiasm. Out of curiosity: Are you trying to learn it?
  - andai 10y ago
    I will most likely create my own at some point. In the previous discussion there were some interesting suggestions for improvements. eg. http://esploded.s3.amazonaws.com/anon_data/2012/e5YO-dotsie3.gif http://esploded.s3.amazonaws.com/anon_data/2012/e5YO-dotsie3... In terms of creating a space-saving reading system, I think a better place to start would be with the writing system itself. Dotsies squishes letters but does not remove them. I propose a system where each word is reduced to its minimal representation, eg. where letters are removed until the smallest unique form is found (giving more common words shorter forms). Once I have such a mapping developed (for both reading and accelerated writing) I will see if something like dotsies still makes sense. In any case I will not use squares: they make my eyes sad. Maybe circles :)
boardwaalk 10y ago
That is cool. I wish it wasn't dependent on the vertical alignment so much (e.g. if you have a single character, you can't tell an 'a' from a 'b' from a 'c' -- heck if you have a 'ab' that could also be a 'bc' or a 'cd'). Maybe it matters less in practice than I think.
- andai 10y ago
  In the previous discussion[0] on Dotsies, someone posted a modified version which tries to address this issue, as well as a few others: "dotsies 3" http://esploded.s3.amazonaws.com/anon_data/2012/e5YO-dotsie3.gif http://esploded.s3.amazonaws.com/anon_data/2012/e5YO-dotsie3... [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3601687 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3601687

by tajen 10y ago

andai 10y ago

Wow, thanks for sharing!

tajen 10y ago
Didn't expect such enthusiasm. Out of curiosity: Are you trying to learn it?
- andai 10y ago
  I will most likely create my own at some point. In the previous discussion there were some interesting suggestions for improvements. eg. http://esploded.s3.amazonaws.com/anon_data/2012/e5YO-dotsie3.gif http://esploded.s3.amazonaws.com/anon_data/2012/e5YO-dotsie3... In terms of creating a space-saving reading system, I think a better place to start would be with the writing system itself. Dotsies squishes letters but does not remove them. I propose a system where each word is reduced to its minimal representation, eg. where letters are removed until the smallest unique form is found (giving more common words shorter forms). Once I have such a mapping developed (for both reading and accelerated writing) I will see if something like dotsies still makes sense. In any case I will not use squares: they make my eyes sad. Maybe circles :)

boardwaalk 10y ago

That is cool. I wish it wasn't dependent on the vertical alignment so much (e.g. if you have a single character, you can't tell an 'a' from a 'b' from a 'c' -- heck if you have a 'ab' that could also be a 'bc' or a 'cd'). Maybe it matters less in practice than I think.

andai 10y ago
In the previous discussion[0] on Dotsies, someone posted a modified version which tries to address this issue, as well as a few others: "dotsies 3" http://esploded.s3.amazonaws.com/anon_data/2012/e5YO-dotsie3.gif http://esploded.s3.amazonaws.com/anon_data/2012/e5YO-dotsie3... [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3601687 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3601687