In a book, I don't have to make the words do anything. Also, I've spent my whole life learning English vocabulary. I could spend some more time learning the DF

In a book, I don't have to make the words do anything. Also, I've spent my whole life learning English vocabulary. I could spend some more time learning the DF glyphs, but a picture is worth a thousand words. I killed the Balrog in uMoria* back in the day, so I'm not a stranger to ASCII graphics. The difference between rogue-likes and DF is the extremely huge variability in the glyphs. Edit: To continue the comparison to books, Dwarf Fortress is like an interactive textbook, Roguelikes compare to genre fiction. *I'm a dirty save-scummer, but I still put in a bunch of time.