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Funnily enough, I've been chewed out in Japan for writing my Latin numerals "wrong"! (Also, are there really people who start an 8 at the bottom...?)
by jpatokal 11y ago
Funnily enough, I've been chewed out in Japan for writing my Latin numerals "wrong"!
(Also, are there really people who start an 8 at the bottom...?)
- dmd 11y ago... are there people who start it not at the bottom!?
- cgm616 11y agoI know people that draw two circles, one on top of the other.
- cgm616 11y agoI know people that draw two circles, one on top of the other.
- jpatokal 11y agoI start all my digits at the top, why would I make an exception for 8? http://jp2.r0tt.com/l_c1714080-82ad-11e1-9f79-1ff907600002.jpg http://jp2.r0tt.com/l_c1714080-82ad-11e1-9f79-1ff907600002.j... ...except that I draw bars for the 7's as taught in Finnish elementary school, which is clearly Wrong(tm) per the above instructions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_(number)#Evolution_of_the_glyph https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_(number)#Evolution_of_the_gl...
- michaelbuddy 11y ago8 is a special number - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GOqM18Bhhg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GOqM18Bhhg