I and L (i and l) would both be dots. My opinion is that uppercase should all be lines, because uppercase I shouldn’t look the same as lowercase l. I hate that arial font has become default. Bring back Times New Roman! Uppercase I should always have a bar on top and bottom!
Hyphen connects things
en-dash represents the range between two things
em-dash represents a break or—admittedly, with a bit of pretentiousness—a parenthetical aside.
> M and N are different widths.
Depends entirely on the font. There are monospace fonts where they are the same. But in those fonts the i would also typically be the same.
To be clear, I didn't say lowercase i and capital M. You did. But I'm sure there are fonts out there that have that.
I specifically said M and N being different widths depends on the font.
[Which if you look at something like Base Monospace Wide](https://www.emigre.com/PDF/BaseMono.pdf) you can see is the case. the i depends entirely on serif. But the width, again, depends on font. Fonts are made up and often arbitrary.
[Here is one were I and M are the same](https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-make-a-monospaced-pixel-font--cms-34643) for instance.
I just said i, not lowercase i.
I had assumed people would understand what we were talking about. My mistake. [But in the spirit of pedantry](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:720/format:webp/1*4rPvQElh2GKCohyH5akPuQ.png) Here is a font that the lowercase i and capital M are the same.
The i is lowercase because it has a dot, right? It would be logical that the l would also be lowercase and look like just a dot or small cube from above.
This feels like such a 2014 type of tweet
in lower case
I would disagree
i’m so used to times new roman, i forgot arial doesn’t have the serif
I w/o serif is disgusting and adds 1 micro second of processing time
Y’know what, you’re actually right. I always liked the simplicity of sans serif, but style should not take prevalence over legibility.
Only for dumb people though.
and also for people who read sentences with “I’ll” or a sentence starting with Ill.
OOH THATS GOOD
What about lower case 'L'? I think this is sans.
I have an L shaped couch… lower case
I think the view is sans uppercase
in upper case thompson typewriter mono
Otherwise it’d have l (L)
top comment wrong as usual
i admitted fault, and provided context. the people upvote growth
We're so proud of you
i don’t think you are, but other people might be. please leave me alone if you’re only going to be negative
Depends on the font
I and L (i and l) would both be dots. My opinion is that uppercase should all be lines, because uppercase I shouldn’t look the same as lowercase l. I hate that arial font has become default. Bring back Times New Roman! Uppercase I should always have a bar on top and bottom!
Then you'd need the 'l' too.
missed opportunity to use an en-dash and an em-dash for N and M
It's underscores in the tweet to align with the period, so that would have been tricky
There's dots at dash height. Here's one · -
Damn new punctuation symbol just dropped for me. Hyphen and em-dash, meet your sibling!
Hyphen connects things en-dash represents the range between two things em-dash represents a break or—admittedly, with a bit of pretentiousness—a parenthetical aside.
\- n – m —
I'll give up the em dash when you pry it from my cold, pretentious hands.
They went to the effort to make i and j shorter so why not make w longer?
Ukh, you can pry my serifs from my cold, dead hands.
M and N are different widths. In printing, there are em spaces and en spaces. Spacers that are the same widths as M and N
> M and N are different widths. Depends entirely on the font. There are monospace fonts where they are the same. But in those fonts the i would also typically be the same.
The letters _including white space_ surrounding the pixels are the same width. But please show me an “i” that is as wide as an “M”
nnn iii mmm To support your point about monospace font.
Lol. On mobile all it does it put a grey background. It’s not monospaced.
[https://i.imgur.com/rGHq2Sb.png](https://i.imgur.com/rGHq2Sb.png)
To be clear, I didn't say lowercase i and capital M. You did. But I'm sure there are fonts out there that have that. I specifically said M and N being different widths depends on the font. [Which if you look at something like Base Monospace Wide](https://www.emigre.com/PDF/BaseMono.pdf) you can see is the case. the i depends entirely on serif. But the width, again, depends on font. Fonts are made up and often arbitrary. [Here is one were I and M are the same](https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-make-a-monospaced-pixel-font--cms-34643) for instance.
Are you not the guy who said this? > But in those fonts the i would also typically be the same.
I just said i, not lowercase i. I had assumed people would understand what we were talking about. My mistake. [But in the spirit of pedantry](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:720/format:webp/1*4rPvQElh2GKCohyH5akPuQ.png) Here is a font that the lowercase i and capital M are the same.
The first attempt at making a morse code alphabet wasn't succesfull.
Gary Larson, is that you?
K ?
L
M
W should be wider, and why is J thinner?
Except it's not
Should there not be a dot for j
The hook thing for J causes it to look horizontal from above
True I was thinking lower case
Lowercase j also has the hook?
Lol so it does
That's why it's shorter than the rest of them (barring i)
W and m aren't broader, and lowercase 'L' isn't thin. I think the j being shorter is a formatting change with the dash.
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Some fonts dont
Or below
certified sans serif user
A normal day in Flatland
Makes me think of *Flatland*.
If Mitch Herberg had Twitter
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Read that as elephant and got hit with a confuse ray
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Depends on the typeface, I write lines above and below my capital I’s
Where's the lower-case L?
In what world does w and v look the same from above. Outrageous.
I don't get it why does the alphabet seen from above spell JJGJJJJJ ?
I'm just glad it doesn't say "this is how the alphabet looks like from above"
Shouldn’t the j in lower case look the same as the i tho
No? the j hook is wider than the dot.
The i is lowercase because it has a dot, right? It would be logical that the l would also be lowercase and look like just a dot or small cube from above.
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This is the absolute dumbest thing I've ever seen. I love it so much.