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Subject:Re: English for Asian readers From:Steven Youra <sjy3 -at- CORNELL -dot- EDU> Date:Wed, 22 Dec 1993 14:21:50 -0500
|Len Olszewski writes:
>[Japanese] do not like books with a lot of white-space. In fact, the denser,
>the better. Text-density is desirable feature.
It's been my impression that they [please excuse the generalization] favor
the visual over the verbal--icons over text. What do others know about
this?
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Steven Youra, Director
Engineering Communications Program
Cornell University Tel. 607. 255.7199
Ithaca, NY 14853 FAX 607. 255.9606
