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Drag this link to your browser's toolbar to create a bookmarklet: dotsies
Then click the bookmarklet whenever you want to make a web page you're looking at use the Dotsies font.
Since latin letters (a, b, c, etc.) are optimized to be written by hand, they take up a lot of unnecessary space. Your eyes have to move at a frantic pace from left to right to read. Use screen space more efficiently! Have a more relaxed reading experience!
It is significantly more horizontally condensed than normal fonts, letting about twice as much fall within the area of your field of vision that perceives fine detail at any given time. As to overall space efficiency in practice, the jury is still out. That won't be apparent until many people have spent time acclimating to it. (Think how you began with large letters when you learned to read, but then preferred smaller typefaces after some time.) It is hoped it will eventually be legible by people when taking up half as much space. Imagine your phone having twice the screen space! Here's this paragraph repeated in dotsies for comparison:
It is significantly more horizontally condensed than normal fonts, letting about twice as much fall within the area of your field of vision that perceives fine detail at any given time. As to overall space efficiency in practice, the jury is still out. That won't be apparent until many people have spent time acclimating to it. (Think how you began with large letters when you learned to read, but then preferred smaller typefaces after some time.) It is hoped it will eventually be legible by people when taking up half as much space. Imagine your phone having twice the screen space! Here's this paragraph repeated in dotsies for comparison:
Come on, there are only 26 letters! Numbers and punctuation aren't altered. You've probably learned more than 26 things in a single hour-long class or lecture. It takes only about 20 minutes at memorize.com/dotsies to get them into your short term memory. Skip the next episode of Glee and test your mental acuity!
You'll be very slow at first, but will noticeably speed up over time. As you progress, words start to look like shapes, or even letters ("the" is the). It'll be fun!
Spend 20 minutes learning the letters, then 10 minutes reviewing some words. Then use the bookmarklet to use the Dotsies font on an interesting web page of your choice, and try to read it. Start with one having few long words or proper nouns. Use Control + (or Command +) to blow up the font size. Then train yourself one or two more times after a couple days have passed.
If you think it has potential, tell the world!
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