• threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      For a “don’t dead, open inside”, 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.

      For a “no safety, smoking first”, the text reads correctly left to right, but visual cues (like colouration or horizontal separation) lead you to try to read it top to bottom.

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        17 days ago

        The problem is that the ship picture would be perfectly acceptable on dontdeadopeninside tho

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          17 days ago

          Would it? A true “dontdeadopeninside” reads correctly top to bottom, and incorrectly left to right. The other way around is a “nosafetysmokingfirst”. They are very different formats :)

          • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            17 days ago

            No, they aren’t. The rule on the community is not that specific:

            Images of text-designs, that are barely readable due to the placement of the words or letters

            Also, the stats on that community:

            • 926 subscribers
            • 7 posts in the last 3 months

            Remind me again why we’re creating a competing community to suck the life out of one that barely gets any posts?