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To anyone trying to figure out what the missing "Eyetests were a lot easier in the 1920s" image was referring to, here's a link to an archived version:

https://web.archive.org/web/20191128021121/http://dlewis.net...



Fascinating!

I can just hear the lettering conversation...

"We need a font with a TON of contrast for this. The thin parts should be negligible. Hairline.

People should get to the R, reflect back on what they now realize was an H, and then start thinking about a more appropriate career"


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didone_(typography)


did they just hold it nearer or further away?


I think the bigger problem is that you can predict what a letter is from its position regardless of whether you can read it.


hmm, that is true, but hey maybe not if you don't know the order of the alphabet ;)


also I don't think eye tests work if you lie?




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