John OverholtAug 6, 2023
Optometrist George Mayerle’s 1907 multicultural eye chart is a fabulous piece of graphic design in its own right. https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2023/08/03/mayerles-lithographed-international-test-chart-1907/
Mayerle’s Lithographed International Test Chart, 1907

By Stephen P. Rice ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. This multilingual eye-test chart, published in 1907, was the creation of the optometrist George…

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Show threadHyphinettAug 6, 2023
@overholt wouldn't you say the inclusion of an American flag and only an American flag shows a bias towards a certain culture? Not that it's not cool and well designed either, or that it can't be multicultural and still show bias.
Show threadwb x64Aug 6, 2023
@BreoganHackett @overholt it's definitely not perfect (some of the symbols are ambiguous, like sideways vs upright star, or pear vs avocado(?), and the rows are similar size but not similar complexity so the results won't be consistent between languages) but as a rough tool that doesn't depend on knowing English letters it's great
Show threadHyphinettAug 6, 2023
@wilbr @overholt again I wasn't critiquing it's validity as a test just trying to raise the point that what one person might call multicultural is still impacted by where they come from in the world.
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@BreoganHackett @wilbr @overholt it's pretty i guess. But not functional (ambiguity) and not inclusive (American flag in the middle, danger)
Aug 6, 2023 at 9:16pmWeb