in fact, i have constant difficulty with l (l.c. "ell") vs. I (cap "eye")
vs. 1 (roman "one"). in many fonts, 2 or 3 of these are indistinguishable.
cheers; bill
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>Peter_Constable@... scripsit:
>
>> Related to that, I found it interesting when I was learning Thai and later
>> when I was learning about Ethiopic to see the information load in fairly
>> subtle details. For example, in Thai, the presence or absence of notches
>> and the orientation of small circles (on the inside or the outside of the
>> stem) is important. Similarly in Ethiopic, the particular type of flag can
>> be significant. These are pretty subtle details, for which scripts like
>> Latin have no comparison.
>
>What about O vs Q? In non-swashy fonts the tail of Q is pretty small and
>insignificant-looking.
>
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