21.Jan.2012 “Raeding Wrods With Jubmled Lettres”
A while ago, there was this e-mail going around: “Arocdnicg to rsceearch 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 are in the rghit pcale. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed [...]
17.May.2010 A little knowledge…
… is a dangerous thing, and today proves this. When you start reading about eye movement (and this is my core PhD topic), a lot of texts go like: ok, so the eye movement is made up of jumps (called saccades) and times when the eye is stationary (fixations). You also have backward jumps (regressions) [...]
30.Mar.2009 5000 words and moving
Today I finished the first chapter in my PhD dissertation and now have 5000 words out of a max of 100,000. This may be a small step but they will add up! I’m now halfway in my second year but so far my grasp on reality was that I am doing research. Now that I [...]
26.May.2008 Vowels and poetry
“Your place in my heart” is a great song from Lebanese diva Magida El Roumi, here set in my Palatino Arabic:
13.Apr.2008 Turn the other cheek
If someone hits you on the left cheek, and you like reading, then do as the bible says and turn the other one.
14.Nov.2007 Candidate for a PhD in Legibility Studies for Arabic
This is an announcement long overdue: As of of Sept 2007 I am a PhD candidate at Leiden University. My research tackles legibility studies on the Arabic script, and will be supervised by renowned Dutch type designer Gerard Unger. I wasn’t late in posting for lack of excitement, quite the opposite! I’ve been very busy [...]
26.May.2007 Recent legibility studies
For those who are interested, these are posts that discuss them: http:blogs.msdn.com/fontblog/archive/2005/10/28/486511.aspx http:blogs.msdn.com/fontblog/archive/2005/12/13/503236.aspx