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On Sun, 08 Feb 2015 12:16:31 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > It dates back to the days when fonts were much coarser and it was the |
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> > only reliable way to distinguish between a zero and a capital o. Less |
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> > useful nowadays and many fonts no longer use it. |
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> Yes, I know, but I can't see why it's survived so long after it stopped |
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> being useful. |
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Inertia? It's mainly the older fonts that have it, many no longer do. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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C&W music backward: get yer dog, wife, job, truck, kids, and sobriety |
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back. |
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