Reacties op: Worodbleed en sierpompoenen http://www.hoeijmakers.net/2006/10/worodbleed-en-sierpompoenen.html In het kielzog van het dagelijks leven. De persoonlijke blog van Rob Hoeijmakers. Weetjes, trivia, belevenissen. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:27:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Door: hay_1969 http://www.hoeijmakers.net/2006/10/worodbleed-en-sierpompoenen.html#comment-1563 hay_1969 Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:55:55 +0000 http://www.hoeijmakers.net/index.php/?p=127#comment-1563 bouma shape > a word’s silhouette, recognizable form, or visual impression. Also bouma. In visual terms, a word is distinguished by its characters’ relation to the white space surrounding it and the nature of its letter face (for instance, small thin strokes are common to handwriting, and thick short strokes are common to non-serifed print fonts). Psychologists describe this as its “Bouma-shape” (after Dutch psychologist Herman Bouma) in cognition studies. bouma shape > a word’s silhouette, recognizable form, or visual impression. Also bouma.

In visual terms, a word is distinguished by its characters’ relation to the white space surrounding it and the nature of its letter face (for instance, small thin strokes are common to handwriting, and thick short strokes are common to non-serifed print fonts). Psychologists describe this as its “Bouma-shape” (after Dutch psychologist Herman Bouma) in cognition studies.

]]>