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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•7 months agoWhy is l not a dot? I assume this is lower case
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish21•7 months agoUppercase I is often drawn without serifs, in which case it would be a dot.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•7 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•7 months 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.
looks like it’s uppercase
Uppercase L