Ladder

Diminution — the ladder

One essay so far against this idea. A ladder is the distinct arguments that stand against one idea, and this one has room to grow.
  1. 0100200204060distance of the object, metresits drawn height, pxa pinholean oblique systemdrawn height of a fixed object against its distance20.0× against 1.000

    A picture with no size–distance signal

    In a system with no diminution the drawn size of an object falls at exactly zero pixels per metre, so nothing in the picture says how far away anything is. Depth has to be carried by something else, and what carries it is height on the page — linearly, and without a horizon.

    rung 1 · conventions

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