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Bouma

In typography, a bouma (/ˈboʊmə/ BOH-mə) is the shape of a cluster of letters, often a whole word. It is a reduction of "Bouma-shape", which was probably first used in Paul Saenger's 1997 book Space between Words: The Origins of Silent Reading, although Saenger himself attributes it to Insup & Maurice Martin Taylor. Its origin is in reference to…

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Bouma

Nodes10
Edges9
Triples5
Avg. degree1.8
Density0.2
Components1

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Bouma → BoumaBouma2, Issue, Quasi-Stateless, Tunable Multiple String-Match Algorithm, TYPO

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reading letters shape word often words typographers parallel letterwise recognition readability typography boh-mə ˈboʊmə cluster whole reduction bouma-shape probably first

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Boumarelated to External linksIssue0.60section
Boumarelated to External linksTYPO0.60section
Boumarelated to External linksBoumaBouma20.60section
Boumarelated to External linksQuasi-Stateless0.60section
Boumarelated to External linksTunable Multiple String-Match Algorithm0.60section

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