Lines of text that curve, instead of being straight, are easier to read, claims the patent (Image: Wipo)
Paolo Bizziocchi of Riccione, Italy has filed a simple but thought-provoking patent (WO 99/54858) on a way to improve speed-reading of languages that read from left to right. He noticed that when we read, our eyes naturally move in a clockwise circular direction which continuously leads back to the beginning of the line we have just read. So time and effort is wasted on consciously redirecting the eyes to the beginning of the next line down. Bizziocchi’s idea is to print…
