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by Aeolun 1465 days ago
> If I can't read the details, or they easily wear off or fade, then it doesn't matter how self-describing they are.

You can reverse this too. If I never understand what they mean, it doesn’t matter that I can still read them.

I mean, I agree there’s too many hard to read details, but the originals are absolutely impenetrable.

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Sure, but if at some point you actually need to know what the symbols mean at least the symbols will still be discernible and will have something to look up.