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minus-squarelowleveldata@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoWhy is l not a dot? I assume this is lower case
minus-squarelowleveldata@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoBut upper case i is not a dot?
minus-squareSotuanduso@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoUppercase I is often drawn without serifs, in which case it would be a dot.
minus-squarelowleveldata@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years ago Uppercase I is often drawn without serifs I have always thought that’s a officially wrong way to write the letter. You can’t even distinct it from lower case l.
minus-squareSotuanduso@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoAnd yet it’s used in fonts like Arial.
Why is
lnot a dot? I assume this is lower caseGuess it’s upper case then.
But upper case
iis not a dot?Uppercase I is often drawn without serifs, in which case it would be a dot.
I have always thought that’s a officially wrong way to write the letter. You can’t even distinct it from lower case l.
lI|Il|l|I
And yet it’s used in fonts like Arial.