braille fonts

Gregory Nowak gnowak1 at uic.edu
Tue Jan 15 11:58:13 EST 2002


Hmmmm, if we're going to use our tonges, there goes the idea of using paper.
Greg


On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 06:32:34AM -0500, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
> Braille would still be readable if it were much smaller, say a
> half or a third of its standard size. The only thing is, you
> would have to use your tongue to read it, since your tongue is
> (almost) the only part of your body which is sufficiently
> sensitive.
> 
> How about getting back to computing?
> 
> 
> On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, William Hubbs wrote:
> 
> > Would braille still be readable if we decreased the size?
> > If we decreased it too much, I don't think we would be able to read it.
> >
> > William
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 07:12:27PM -0600, Kirk Wood wrote:
> > > > hahahahahahaha. Let's do away with print anyway (grin).
> > > > Greg
> > >
> > > Of course we could work on making smaller braille fonts. If you shrink the
> > > spacing by just 20% you would fit so much more on the page.
> > >
> > > =======
> > > Kirk Wood
> > > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
> > >
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> > >         the next freeway exit.
> > >
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