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Not sure if it just me, but I find it considerably more relaxing to read the text from the photo of the page (with all the surface and font imperfections) than
by udev 6y ago
Not sure if it just me, but I find it considerably more relaxing to read the text from the photo of the page (with all the surface and font imperfections) than read text written with the same font rendered on solid background (this time perfect).
It's almost like I need the paper and font imperfections to read faster.
My theory is that the brain somehow uses the paper and font imperfections to coregister (align) the binocular images from our eyes, which leads to smoother reading.
- Koshkin 6y agoThis makes sense to me, as I had the same impression; my theory is that it is the diversity and the individuality of the letters in the text that makes reading easier, and slight imperfections and irregularities only add to this. The "brutalist" digital version, on the other hand, seemed to me more of a demonstration of how far one can go using tricks without anyone noticing.