Word Sass?

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in
waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the
frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but
the wrod as a wlohe.

Do you also go by the name mrluckys?
http://suicidegirls.com/boards/Lifestyle/24664/

Heh that's pretty good. Yeah, the brain cuts corners with rough pattern recognition, the first and last letters of a word being the primary anchor for that I guess. Besides, the essential context is provided mostly by 1-3 letter words.

[Edited on Sep 15, 2003 by TimTheEnchanter]

Woah, I creeped out AL. I feel like I should get a prize or something cuz that doesn't seem to happen very often. Well i guess the sg cards are a prize enough.

Byt wsdt tye fdfk dits it sry?

not that i'm aware of.

rosstafarian is much better looking than i.

eh?

ha ha ha...are you just going to follow me around with that now Cherie?

wow that's great!

How...interesting.

But what if you've never come across the word before; say something like, oh, "Byzantium"? Would your mind recognize it if it were spelled, "Cntasnolniptoe"?

*nods head*

The bunny is a welcome intra-thread diversion. Thanks Cherie!

was that constantinople? cause if so, weird as it may be, that's what i read it as immediately. i am intrigued by this.

Welcome!

not that i'm aware of.

rosstafarian is much better looking than i.

Aww, thank you mrluckys....... That was your mitzvah for the day.

Isn't this one of those things that every typographer and graphic designer has known forever? Word shape is the basis of many typographic decisions- for example, why typefaces with small differences between caps and lowercase heights are easier to read.

Possibly but how many of us are typographers or graphic desingers?

od udnretsnda

I got that last word as etch-a-sketch.