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Tabular numerals are very useful in certain cases, but I find even more useful the old-style numerals. By default, I always use old-style numerals, because the
by adrian_b 2y ago
Tabular numerals are very useful in certain cases, but I find even more useful the old-style numerals.
By default, I always use old-style numerals, because they are much easier to read, especially for big numbers, for the same reason why the lowercase letters are easier to read, by having ascenders and descenders that break the uniformity of the characters.
I use lining numerals only in the same places where I would use uppercase letters, e.g. in titles or when a sentence begins with a number.
- fsckboy 2y ago>I find even more useful the old-style numerals A font of antiquated faſhion doth boaſt moſt excellent and ſubſtantious qualities, yet prithee, what of olde ſtyle figures doſt thou deem hath benefit that I, in mine own diſcretion, might chooſeth?
- nativeit 2y agoYou must be Welsh!
- nine_k 2y agoSet thy eyes on this excellent Font, for Inſtance: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(typeface)#/media/File%3AGeorgiaSpecimenAIB.svg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(typeface)#/media/Fi... As can be moſt clearly ſeen, the Numerals are not of equale Height, but poſſeſs Deſcendants, like the 4, and Aſcendants, like the 6. Shouldſt thou deſire to embelliſh thy Layout with ſuch a Rendition of Numerals, thou canst: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/font-variant-numeric https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/font-varian... This Feature requireth though that the Font ſo employed containéd the proper Variants of the numeral Glyphs. Many a diſtinguished Font do. (Pray note that the -th Ending of Verbs is for Singular Third Perſon Form, not to be uſed with "thou". I do, thou dost, he doth.)