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Subject:Re: Use of a slash (/) From:Karen Kay <karenk -at- IX -dot- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 25 May 1994 10:33:57 -0700
You wrote:
>Because the slash is not a
>word, it's disruptive to the reading process and slows people down.
This doesn't make sense to me. (That symbols would be read differently
from text.) I guess I'm generalizing from my experiences of reading
Japanese and Chinese. You read the meaning of the item from the shape.
I mean, you've just provided a reason for not including any graphics in
a document, which I don't think anyone would advocate!
