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Readability is an interesting claim. You obviously can't read base36 encoded data with this (like a sha1 hash) or even a randomly generated password because the glyphs don't map uniquely to characters. So the claim is not so much about ASCII but about English. It talks about some individual words being difficult but I suspect even those would be fine with sufficient context, like being in a paragraph. With even more context it's surprising how bad writing can be before it truly breaks down, for example your doctor's handwriting is OK as long as you know they're writing about medicine.

Makes me wonder whether some languages are better at this than others. French, for example, contains some redundancy in its grammar as you have to write pronouns and write the conjugated verb. Spanish gets rid of the redundant pronoun. So is French trading longer sentences for better readability? I wonder what natural language can have the shittiest font?




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