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The
Mu Primer

Wayne
Read
Porter

The
MuPress

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Table of Contents

Introduction .................................................................................................... 1

I. The Mu Typography .................................................................................. 5

Basic Ideas .......................................................................................... 5
The Human Visual System: How It Collects & Processes Information .... 13
Making Better Use of Our Visual Capabilities ........................................ 20

II. The Mudoc Software and The Telereader Terminal ............................. 27

Empowering the Computer with Interactive Movable Type ..................... 27
The Far-Point Display and the Telereader Terminal ................................ 32
Later Generations of Telereaders ........................................................... 48
Possible Effects of the Telereader .......................................................... 49
Those Who Will Resist the New Technology ......................................... 51

III. Information Dispensary Systems 52

Information Dispensary Concept 52
The Saga of Kababah 53

IV. Languages of the Future 57

Reading Sentences Instead of Words 58
A Language Called "Easy" 58
A Language from a Castle, but not an Ivory Tower 62
Beyond Easy 63

Appendices:

Synopsis of The Performance Evaluation Kit for The Mu Primer
 

64

Appendix A: 500 pages of graduated practice materials in the mu typography
 

69

Appendix B: Intro, Chapters I - IV, and the Postface in the mu typography
 

576

Appendix C: The mudoc algorithms
 

651

Appendix D: Research reports on the effectiveness of the mu typography and the mudoc software as reading facilitators
 

653

Postface
 

660

Glossary
 

667

Index
 

684

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