23-05-2022, 05:16 PM
Reading this thread I think two really useful things could be done:
1. As Marco suggests, have some automated way of identifying or measuring gaps between glyphs. This would help to clarify exactly what we mean by ambiguous spaces. Whether there is a continuous variation from "definitely adjacent" to "definitely a word break", or a distinct U-shaped distribution where very few gaps are intermediate.
2. Regarding Patrick's observation, is there some way of distinguishing between ambiguity which we see (or measure), and ambiguity which the writer/reader would have seen? That is, is "ambiguity" a concept applying only for researchers, or for the script/text itself?
1. As Marco suggests, have some automated way of identifying or measuring gaps between glyphs. This would help to clarify exactly what we mean by ambiguous spaces. Whether there is a continuous variation from "definitely adjacent" to "definitely a word break", or a distinct U-shaped distribution where very few gaps are intermediate.
2. Regarding Patrick's observation, is there some way of distinguishing between ambiguity which we see (or measure), and ambiguity which the writer/reader would have seen? That is, is "ambiguity" a concept applying only for researchers, or for the script/text itself?
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