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minus-squareAeonFelis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoHow is Wingdings “easily readable”?
minus-squareshasta@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoIt is easily readable wingdings. It doesn’t say it has to be easily understood or interpreted.
minus-squareRvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoHow about Arabic? Or Chinese, simplified Chinese is read by like a billion people, so clearly easily readable, out even has simplified in the name!
minus-squareAeonFelis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoWouldn’t work. The law clearly specifies the exact text, and it’s in English.
minus-squareKrzd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoCan you write English with Chinese characters?
minus-squareXTL@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoPeople certainly try with Cyrillic. And kanji?
minus-squaregentooer@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoCyrillic seems really difficult with all the vowel shifts, English doesn’t even make sense in its own alphabet. Something like “Ай зм де лорд, дай год.” then?
No … Wingdings.
How is Wingdings “easily readable”?
It is easily readable wingdings. It doesn’t say it has to be easily understood or interpreted.
How about Arabic? Or Chinese, simplified Chinese is read by like a billion people, so clearly easily readable, out even has simplified in the name!
Wouldn’t work. The law clearly specifies the exact text, and it’s in English.
Can you write English with Chinese characters?
People certainly try with Cyrillic. And kanji?
Cyrillic seems really difficult with all the vowel shifts, English doesn’t even make sense in its own alphabet. Something like “Ай зм де лорд, дай год.” then?
Er, hebrew?