Most interesting!

I have read the good readers scan a small group of words, then pause, gazing at a blank space while they interpret what they scanned. Confirmation that we do not read whole words, one at a time.

Another thing I've learned is that the space around print matters as much to us as the printed material itself. That is why we are irritated by print which is too open or (worse)too squashed.

Once I learned that, I realized why I have such a hard time deciphering chords in written music. The note heads are squashed above and below, and they don't have defining white space around them.

A further point - don't use sans serif print if you are writing more than a few words. Sans serif print is "draft print" which lacks the little blocks on the tops and bottoms of the letters. The little blocks help us steer our eyes when reading.

Bobert - I don't read long posts either. I don't think it's dyslexia, I think it's self-defense.