When one student, named Ute, entered the sinology department she was very glad to discover simplified characters. She felt the structural complexity of "long-form" characters made them intimidating, and "short-form" characters were much more convenient.
剛進漢學系大一的烏特曾經很慶幸簡體字的發明：「長體字（LANGZEICHEN，德文以『長』和『短』來區分正、簡體）結構龐大看來嚇死人；短體字（KURZZEICHEN）寫起來方便多了！」