RE: ORCA font

I believe this only works with fairly known words.  This is the problem I
have with "modern" languages where custom dictates placing letters in
unusual position.  i.e. beginning a word with lower case letters thus the
sequence of the symbols is out of order.  (At least to me).

Gregory A. Garner
Garner Data Systems, Inc
4270 Grand Teton Parkway
Suwanee, GA 30024
Phone: 770 845 9636  Fax:770 614 3496
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces+ggarner_gds=mindspring.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Wilt, Charles
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 7:58 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: 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
--
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