Reading∞
The activity of reading conveys a manifold of facets and meanings. The goals similarly span a spectrum from pastime pleasure, over information harvest, to knowledge gain.
Activity∞
Reading from a coffee cup, the lines in the palm of a hand, traces on the ground, even other peoples' minds are out of scope.
We focus on reading written languages (and not even reading between the lines).
Print∞
Printed language is read in sync with the medium that provides the characters and symbols.
Screen∞
Reading language on a screen provides a physical window into the virtual world of the words.
Goals∞
Blindtext is hard to write, isn't it?
Imagine some example text in a fixed font (like a programming language example):
import first.first as first
answer = first(number for number in (42, -1, 101))
if answer == 42:
print('All clear.')
Summary∞
In this section we visited the reading activities separated by the provisioning medium and shortly prepared a deeper analysis of the goals.