Dotsies aren't all that space-efficient, though, when compared to regular old text. For example, in this comparison:
I'd argue that the text on the right, in the green font, is just as readable as the dotsies, while taking up less space.
I'd argue that the text on the right, in the green font, is just as readable as the dotsies, while taking up less space.
It's difficult to know how that image would appear to someone who was equally acclimated to both. At the moment no such person exists.
One clue might be how they compare to each other after you scoot your chair back from your computer until both have become blurry. When you get far enough away that you can't distinguish anything in the green paragraph, can you see any distinguishing characteristics in the red one? You won't be able to make them out, of course, but can you see that there are light and dark areas?
So I suspect your thesis may not be entirely unfounded.