The future font

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  • ismith0

    If anything the future is without type. Visual perception and interpretation of words is just another step to slow down the process of understanding concepts. Chinese won't be huge in digital type simply because it's too complicated... the only way this will change is if pixels become about 33% of the size and even then I don't know. Pixel-less systems in the future, who knows.

    • 1.6 Billion people in China, 4 times the people in America. The instructions for my electronics already come in Japanese
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    • So? It's a pain in the ass to read on screen, everything is simplified or enlarged.ismith
    • Japanese is different, I assume you see a lot more kana than kanji.ismith
    • Still I don't think it will edge out the arabic set, aka english alphabet or romaji.ismith
    • and see below. approx. 1 in 6 of the world's population are squatters or nomadicismith
    • estimated to be 1 in 3 by 2020 if the trends in india and china keep upismith

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