RE: ORCA font

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty  uesdnatnrd  waht I was
rdgnieg.The  phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid.   Aoccdrnig to
rscheearch at Cmabrigde  Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the
ltteers in a wrod are,  the
olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat  ltteer be in the rghit
pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can  sitll raed it wouthit a
porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not  raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig!



Charles Wilt
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iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of James H H Lampert
> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 3:47 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: ORCA font
> 
> 
> Is somebody getting some letters mixed up? Maybe even mild 
> dyslexia?
> 
> An ORCA (R first, then C) is a toothed cetacean with 
> distinctive black-and-white body markings.
> 
> OCRA (or more properly, OCR-A, but either way, C first, 
> then R) is an optical character recognition font, with 
> more angular letterforms than the more natural-looking 
> OCR-B.
> 
> And just for the sake of completeness, OKRA, with a K, is 
> a vegetable, commonly found in gumbo.
> 
> --
> JHHL