A unique feature of Chinese by Numbers is to illustrate the relative importance of each character via the font size. Knowing the importance of a character gives a reader several advantages including finding the character and secondly, knowing whether this character is one which deserves more study. With so many Chinese characters the reader has a way to discriminate and focus, while still seeing the broader context.

Here is an excerpt from a sample page:

The reader immediately knows which characters are important and which are trivial. The definitions are compact so it is possible to scan many characters at a glance on just one page. In addition, each entry is numbered. When an entry is found in the index it points the reader directly to the correct entry, rather than a page location or a pinyin reference. All of this makes for more efficient searching, reading and learning.

The book is available on Amazon, etc.

http://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Numbers-ultimate-method-characters/dp/1922022241

http://www.bookdepository.com/Chinese-by-Numbers-David-Pearce/9781922022240

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chinese-by-numbers-david-j-pearce/1110603411?ean=9781922022240

http://www.vividpublishing.com.au/chinesebynumbers/