While trying to find out if this phenomenon
has a name, I came across this article
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ctfonts/WordRecognition.aspx
wihch I funod very iresneittng.
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Cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
has a name, I came across this article
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ctfonts/WordRecognition.aspx
wihch I funod very iresneittng.