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Odd choice. Writing “18th” is faster for the writer and the reader.

• pstuart 4y ago
  I'm guessing it played well with the WWII lettering.
• kwhitefoot 4y ago
  Perhaps it's my age but I don't find Roman numerals noticeably slower to read than Arabic for the usual use case of recent centuries.
• justsomehnguy 4y ago
  > is faster for the writer For the whole letter? > reader Only if the reader completely unfamiliar with Roman numbering system. I didn't even thought about it until I saw your comment. Get off my lawn, son?
• burnished 4y ago
  Yeah, but XVIII has a certain appeal to it that your way just can’t match.
• edflsafoiewq 4y ago
  Using Roman numerals for centuries is conventional in Romance languages.