[Yaesu] Shouting:Let this be the end of the thread

2002年12月18日 19:53:43 -0600

Excellent, I learned another thing tonight I never knew before.
thanks
At 07:54 PM 12/18/2002 -0500, harris ruben wrote:
>It really isn't about SHOUTING, it's about readability.
>>As a retired person who spent almost 40 years involved as a=20
>professional in the typography business, I can assure you that ALL=20
>CAPS is much harder to read than upper and lower case type. This is=20
>because, when we read, the irregular shapes of the tops of the=20
>characters help us read faster and with better comprehension. WHEN=20
>USING ALL CAPS, THE TOPS OF ALL THE LETTERS ARE THE SAME HEIGHT AND=20
>ALL THE LETTERS HAVE THE SAME APPEARANCE EXCEPT FOR THE SPACE=20
>SEPARATING THE CHARACTER'S ELEMENTS OR THE LETTERS AND IT TAKES US=20
>MORE TIME TO READ THE WORDS AND COMPREHEND THEIR MEANING. Perhaps you=20
>didn't think that there really WAS a reason, and perhaps the=20
>anti-shouters don't even realize it, but this is a fact. We use all=20
>caps to emphasize a point, and not for whole text messages or full=20
>paragraphs.
>>Here are a few references to back this up:
>>http://media.socialchange.net.au/reader_friendly/graphic_design_b.html
>>http://www.gloscc.gov.uk/acettutors/ethnic%20minorities/read.htm#Use%20of%2
0Upper%20and%20Lower%20Case
>>http://www.3m.com/special/identity/3M/elements/ele_typo_ref_4.html
>>http://www.tc-forum.org/topicus/ru28theu.htm
>>Now, let's all get back to Yaesu postings.
>>Cheers and holiday greetings.
>Harris N2ERN
>>Moderator: Ray Brown, KB=D8STN
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