jmfbahciv@aol.com wrote:

In article <3F22C7B3.7020807@socket.net>,
Jo Schaper <joschaper@socket.net> wrote:

jmfbahciv@aol.com wrote:

Just a headsup when you're doing your other work. There exists
a font that uses a capital I for the number one. I was confused
and all I was doing was reading a mystery book. I had nightmares
thinking about some idiot chosing the font for his calculus or
circuitry text book.

It isn't a font, the author was using Roman numerals. Roman numerals for
1,2,3 are I, II, III.

I know what Roman numerals look like. I repeat there is a font
that uses a capital I for the number one. When a number I23 is
printed, it is NOT use Roman numberals.

There is a difference between a font and a typo.

.. What you identify seems
like a typo.

.. Modern publishing has increasingly relied on the author for
proofreading, and the time honored professions of proofreader and
copyreader some people have been replaced by word processing spell and
grammar checkers. Not so. Still need humans for some things.

My husband has a $100 computer textbook where the word "form" is
consistently replaced by the word "from", and I can quote numerous
examples from every daily paper to support the contention that computers
aren't as intelligent as a 4th grader who is being very careful.

Also, in ancient times (pre-1980) there was no numeral "1" on a
typewriter, so many touch typists were taught to use lower case "L"--
the "l" as one. Many of we touch typists so trained are still around,
you know.

Sigh! A capital I is not a lower case l.

I'm talking about choosing fonts when publishing, not character
choices to accommodate limited printed character space. What
you're talking about is about 500 posts' worth of thread.
<snip>

Don't you think I know so? I've been a proofreader, quality control
checker, bindery worker, pre-press typesetter and computer graphic
design artist, so more than many causal typists on this group, I know
*exactly* what you are referring to. Sounds like there was a digital
mismatch between digital fonts, such as what happens when an outline
bullet done on PC shows up on screen as a happy face when output on a
Macintosh driven video projector. The file was fine on the screen, but
whatever imagesetter they used translated 1 to I, and no one checked
galley proofs afterward.
Happens all the time.

There are also some fonts (usually script) where 1's, I's, J's and L's
are virtually indistinguishable. Have no idea what the typeface
designers were thinking when they did that.

In article <Du3Va.9007$oq.4350@fe04.atl2.webusenet.com>,
"George" <george@sourpudding.net> wrote:
<snip>

And this is all relevant to undersea vents, how?
Come on folks, start a new
thread, or talk about the subject of this one.

Go back and note when the thread started to drift and why.
Getting cute about misspelling a word will cause lines to
drift away.

/BAH

Subtract a hundred and four for e-mail.

On 7/27/03 11:48 PM, "George" <george@sourpudding.net> wrote:

"Robin Hull" <robin@davinoptronics.com> wrote in message
news:9238b146.0307272232.53b4c576@posting.google.com...

The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@sirius.athghost7038suus.net> wrote

American or British? In British ASCII it might be "bong!",
in honor of Big Ben, arguably the world's most famous
clock tower. (If France ever gets around to putting a dial
face on the Eiffel Tower they might have a shot at it.)

On a point of pedantry, Big Ben is not a clock tower, or a clock. It
is the bell that strikes the hour.
Robin.

And this is all relevant to undersea vents, how? Come on folks, start a

thread, or talk about the subject of this one.

Its a Brit thing.

Quite amusing, really.

Wouldn't you say?

:)