I don't see where they say they made the font larger. I do see them
stating that the font is scalable though. I would assume it would be a
bit larger then the printed text you see in a newspaper though, if
that's what you're talking about. I've read raised print before as well,
and it can be pretty tedious trying to distinguish a 'o' from a 'c' from
a 'e' from a 'a' and so on especially depending on the font being used.
It seems obvious to me that some slight changes could be made to a
tactile alphabet to make it faster to read with a smaller font, but it's
hard to know for sure without actually seeing it myself. I tend to
believe their research and studies over my own anecdotal experience though.
On 04/22/2018 06:28 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
So they changed 6 letters, but according to the article, they made the
font larger rather than making it smaller. It still seems highly
counterintuitive, especially for someone who has a life-long
relationship with the printed alphabet as it is. Believe me ... it's
hard enough to type differently using an alternative layout where only
30% of the keys have changed. And feeling letters one is used to
seeing is even harder. That said, I used to be able to read the title
pages of those old Winnie the Pooh and other children's books with no
trouble at all when I was younger, and they changed no letters at all;
they only made the letters easy to feel by eliminating most of the
distractions caused by the little lines and extra tiny tails present
in the more fancy looking fonts. Those letters did get a little small,
but just increasing the font size to the size of braille or slightly
larger would have made the letters quite easy to read on their own
without changing their appearance.
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