Allegedly, on or about 25 September 2014, Orange Paranoid sent: > In documents and presentation files. Beginners want to assume the > one-to-one correspondence. Why in the world should some letters be > written / printed differently? (It is not wise to explain this. Come > on. They are just learning to spell the words. Plus, in exercises, > tests and exams, the mentioned font makes the letters unique, e.g. the > upper case I VS the lower case l.) It is traditional to learn from handwriting first (blackboards, whiteboards, etc.). You read from them, you write on paper. Later comes printed words. In this day and age, of computers and fonts, I think it's probably easier to have a short discussion (with new learners), than it used to be, about how there are some different styles of letter shapes, and show a few examples. By all means, at the start standardise on something that aids them learning. But as they progress, and start reading different material, they are going to come across different fonts. Hopefully, by then, it's not going to be a major issue to come to grips with. I used to work with kids doing what was called "bridge reading," where above each word was a pictogram representing that word. Some were readily clear, others were about as sensible as some of the wierd symbols you see on road signs. But it was done as an aid to those having trouble learning to read, as you have a regularly used symbol always been used with the same word, so it helps, somewhat, to differentiate between that word, and some other similar looking word. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. ZNQR LBH YBBX -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
