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[–] Tiefkuehlkost@feddit.org 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh that makes sense, thanks for the information. Still would not want to use something thats not universal.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

idk what you mean by universal; this is a typographical choice. the only reason you see more uppercase numbers everywhere is because of typewriters and by extension computers. I don't think people make a point of lining numbers up with cap height in handwriting.

[–] Tiefkuehlkost@feddit.org 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But we are speaking about a Computer Font right now, idk what that has to do with handwriting and who cares about handwriting in 2024. With universal i mean that any kind of number should look god, no matter if its a Telefon Number, a Price or a Street Number.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

we're not speaking about a computer font, we're speaking about typography in general. the reason I mentioned them is because the ubiquity was forced by restrictions. we used to type non-english letters without diacritics before different languages got support online. now we don't have those restrictions either. what you said is not universal; there are different kinds for different uses. just like uppercase and lowercase letters.