• threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    2 months ago

    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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      2 months ago

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

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        2 months 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 :)