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Barry Grau
 
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Default OT- DIABETIC - typing while blind

Wayne Boatwright > wrote in message >...
> (Barry Grau) wrote in
> om:


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> > I believe that there is serious refereed published research which
> > indicates that, at least for normally sighted people, mixed case is
> > easier to read because the ascenders and descenders create a kind of
> > envelope that helps the reader predict what a word will be before he
> > actually focuses on it. Similarly, text printed with a ragged right
> > margin is easier to read than right justified text.


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> I don't disagree with anything that anyone has said here to either prove
> or rationalize that mixed case is easier to read. That said, however,
> only the OP knows what she can read and work with best.
>
> Wayne


Yes, of course you're correct. When I posted that I hadn't read the
original posting. I also limited my remarks to "normally sighted
people."

-bwg