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Amazing. Traditionally kanji characters (and most Eastern Asia glyphs ) have individual typesetting layouts (a lot of horizontal lines of different elevations,
by v-yadli 7y ago
Amazing. Traditionally kanji characters (and most Eastern Asia glyphs ) have individual typesetting layouts (a lot of horizontal lines of different elevations, for example 一干十土士王田甲由中申)
Aligning the horizontal strokes seem controversial at first (makes characters deform from their “normal” look), but reduces a lot of noise, that you can probably subconsciously parse more at a time?
- rootsudo 7y agoYep, they are called radicals.
- wodenokoto 7y agoNo. Neither elevation of horizontal lines or alignment of strokes are called radicals. To clarify: Radicals are common kanji elements, which are used in dictionaries for looking up kanji. A common misconception is that every repeated element is a radical. In either case, this is not what the parent post is talking about.