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I second the neighbor's request for references, since your claim goes against the accepted ‘wisdom.’ Note also that your claims don't actually refute pasabagi'

by aasasd 7y ago

I second the neighbor's request for references, since your claim goes against the accepted ‘wisdom.’ Note also that your claims don't actually refute pasabagi's original conclusion. If lowercase text is easier to read because of its ubiquity, this still means we should use lowercase text—the same way that we use the right-hand rule for screwing things in and out. Books, and lowercase, were around longer than telegraph.

thaumasiotes 7y ago
> I second the neighbor's request for references https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/develop/word-recognition https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/develop/word-rec... > since your claim goes against the accepted ‘wisdom.’ This is overly generous as a description of a collection of myths that have been known false for decades. > Note also that your claims don't actually refute pasabagi's original conclusion. If lowercase text is easier to read because of its ubiquity, this still means we should use lowercase text No, it doesn't, because if we ignore your advice and use capitalized text, capitalized text will be common enough that the advantage of lowercase text disappears.
- aasasd 7y ago
  > if we ignore your advice and use capitalized text, capitalized text will be common enough that the advantage of lowercase text disappears I see you're talking about some alternative universe where you convince significant portion of publishers (if not a majority) to switch to uppercase. The practical question is, did teletype or early programming languages or road signs flip us over to that universe? Doesn't seem so. In the world where I am, lowercase text is more legible because it's ubiquitous.
  - thaumasiotes 7y ago
    If we ignore your advice and use capitalized text only for programming in, while books are still published in mostly lowercase, capitals will be so common for programmers that lowercase text will have no advantage over capitalized text. The styles don't compete with each other for space in your mind. It's just a question of whether you're used to them.

by aasasd 7y ago

thaumasiotes 7y ago

> I second the neighbor's request for references https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/develop/word-recognition https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/develop/word-rec... > since your claim goes against the accepted ‘wisdom.’ This is overly generous as a description of a collection of myths that have been known false for decades. > Note also that your claims don't actually refute pasabagi's original conclusion. If lowercase text is easier to read because of its ubiquity, this still means we should use lowercase text No, it doesn't, because if we ignore your advice and use capitalized text, capitalized text will be common enough that the advantage of lowercase text disappears.

aasasd 7y ago
> if we ignore your advice and use capitalized text, capitalized text will be common enough that the advantage of lowercase text disappears I see you're talking about some alternative universe where you convince significant portion of publishers (if not a majority) to switch to uppercase. The practical question is, did teletype or early programming languages or road signs flip us over to that universe? Doesn't seem so. In the world where I am, lowercase text is more legible because it's ubiquitous.
- thaumasiotes 7y ago
  If we ignore your advice and use capitalized text only for programming in, while books are still published in mostly lowercase, capitals will be so common for programmers that lowercase text will have no advantage over capitalized text. The styles don't compete with each other for space in your mind. It's just a question of whether you're used to them.