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'cause I was then I'd the if a man be man
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this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2024
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For images where the text reads correctly left to right, but visual cues (like colouration, vertical proximity, or horizontal separation) lead you to try to read it top to bottom.
This is similar to, but distinct from, the more widely known “DontDeadOpenInside” format. In that case, the text reads correctly top to bottom, but visual cues (like colouration, horizontal proximity, or vertical separation) lead you to try to read it left to right.
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So whoever designed this started left to right, decided up to down was better part way through, then switched back to left to right... All without ever proofreading their work apparently
How is it wrong? You intuitively read it correctly and are tripped up by the unusual letter placement. Pretty good design.
you intuitively read it correctly ? It took me three reads
I read it correctly and then did a double take. Seems like I Was the only one to Do that though.
it's probably some high-level parsing,... I don't have english as first language but perhaps in french I'd be prone to scan text like that, disregarding typos
Cause if a was a then man according to your logic
Except it was harder to read than if it stayed consistent the whole way through, and that lack of consistency serves to make this look more of a cheap, crappy knickknack than it already looks like
If you read it left to right, it says: