On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:31:44 -0400, Anton Sherwood <
bronto@...>
wrote:
> The existence of Chinese texts printed at sizes such that I can't see
> all the details implies that there are redundancies to which a practiced
> reader is sensitive -- though they may defy description!
I agree. I think the ability to read indistinct text uses processes that
we are probably, at best, only dimly aware of.
Your comment reminds me of the second volume of Unicode 1.0, which
contained the unified Han characters. The printing plates had been
over-inked (or wrongly exposed) to a fare-thee-well.
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--
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