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I couldn't see it either for 15-20 seconds. Must be a bug in human vision with this typeface. I wonder how many letters can be flipped while maintaining readabi
by grinich 16y ago
I couldn't see it either for 15-20 seconds. Must be a bug in human vision with this typeface. I wonder how many letters can be flipped while maintaining readability.
- nandemo 16y agoIt's not a bug in human vision, it's a feature of human writing & reading. Yu cn strp a whl lt of lttrs frm a sntnc nd stll b abl t rd it.
- nreece 16y agoAoccdrnig to rseearch, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. http://readingtest.sytes.org http://readingtest.sytes.org
- bmm6o 16y agoI wish I could find the article I read debunking that. It really only works for short, common words. For an n-letter word, there are only (n-2)! permutations that fix the first and last letters. If your words average only 4.3 characters, you are nowhere near cmnioiaaortbl epsiloxon ttrrreioy.
- nreece 16y agoResearch by Matt Davis at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy sheds some light - http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/matt.davis/Cmabrigde/ http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/matt.davis/Cmabrigde/
- jolan 16y agoFlick your eyes back and forth between the two lines as fast you can. The brain is very good at detecting changes that way.