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I'm inclined to think someone behind this was having a lot of fun, and it looks nice. If it turns out not to be a joke/hoax/psychology/social experiment, I will be sure to remember - I made a note to check back later, using this special font that aids memory.
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Hey, it's based on "the principles of cognitive psychology", a field that's renown for its accuracy and reproducibility.
Yeah, they should rename it "Sans Scientifica".
If someone doesn't seem to understand something as simple as contrast, why should I think they understand memory?
Webaim has a tool to help with contrasts. Anything lighter than #595959 on a white background can be hard to see.
Not to be the usual skeptic, but "scientifically designed" doesn't really-really mean (at least to me) "designed by scientists" (which this thingy is). I mean, nice and all, but what about some actual tests/reports of it actually being noticeably better at remembering what you have read? The concept is very nice and interesting, but besides it: >The science of Sans Forgetica >Sans Forgetica is more difficult to read…
I can't find it at the moment, but the last time I looked, attempted replications of an early "illegibility improves recall" study failed. (IIRC, that didn't use a custom font, but rather some de-contrasting/visual-noise applied.) I see no cited papers here, just the claim, in the video, that "over 100 students" were used in testing to pick this font from several candidates. I'm doubtful of any long-term value here.…
https://web.archive.org/web/20120206091422/http://mckoss.com...
>Tiny (3x5) Font
>Created for the Apple II program The Terminal. Copyright (c) 1981 Michael C. Koss
>In 1981 I wrote a terminal emulator for the Apple II. At the time, the Apple II could only display upper case characters. I used the hi-res display (280 x 192 pixels!) to display my own character set. In order to come close to showing an 80-column display, I created a truly tiny font, displaying the full ASCII character set (upper and lower case).
>I created a font within a 3x5 pixel dimension, allowing the display of 32 lines of 70 characters each. The font definitely takes some training and getting used to (especially recognition of characters that use descenders); but I found it to be quite readable after a while.
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Yeah, they should rename it "Sans Scientifica".
How about litteræ pinguis serpentis ?
> Sans Forgetica is more difficult to read than most typefaces – and that’s by design. The 'desirable difficulty' you experience when reading information formatted in Sans Forgetica prompts your brain to engage in deeper processing Based on this logic - harder the process better the processing - its obviously a mistake that schools are increasingly using technology to teach, like visualizing geometric shapes on scree…
And based on this logic, I'm asking everyone to please downvote my comment to lower its contrast, so it's harder to read and unforgettable! Edit: NOOOO!!! I said DOWNVOTE! ;(
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You also have to factor in reading speed. If you can remember 7% more but end up reading more than 14% slower, you are better off reading more (or rereading) with the lower 50% retention rate.
That's not entirely valid. There is SOME number where it may not be beneficial because another learning technique would be more efficient, but having to read slower isn't a problem of itself if there goal is simply "get better at retaining this information". Also, there's a certain point where the delta is relevant enough to justify the extra effort invested (things involving safety/security for example).
Wow, they have their own TLD! https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/rmit.html Interesting that the university's website is not on that TLD but rather https://rmit.edu.au
But when it comes to sites and services students and professors would want to use, go for the TLD, (e.g.s alumni.rmit, bursar.rmit, athletics.rmit). It’s a much more pleasing (I don’t know whether rmit actually does that or not).