The Vertical Magic of the Written Word

Where are the words that you are reading now? And what are they?

Where are the words that you are reading now?  And what are they?

Are words just pixels on a screen?  That can't be right, since this precise arrangement of pixels, words, is causing a particular reaction in your brain.  If we took the same number of pixels and arranged them differently, your brain would react in a different way, or not at all. 

An old-f…