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  1. Aura Index

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    Historical Derivation and Methodology
    The initial formulation of the Aura Index was derived from observations concerning the average human reaction time to visually dense text blocks composed solely of all-caps Latin script. Vance postulated that the perceived 'heaviness' of a character was not strictly related to its physical stroke weight or area, but rather to its angular deviation from a perfect [v…