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Is it just me or is that font a mess? The insides of the '11' are 3.8m apart. Adding the overhang of the second 1 (0.3m) and the width of the vertical lines of
by ordinary 12y ago
Is it just me or is that font a mess? The insides of the '11' are 3.8m apart. Adding the overhang of the second 1 (0.3m) and the width of the vertical lines of both 1s (2 * 0.8m) gives us 5.7m. Yet the outsides measurement is displayed as 5.6m.
Same for the 10: Adding up the space between the characters (2.3m), the width of the 1 (0.8m, just the vertical line) and the width of the 0 (3m) gives us 6.1m, yet the outside measurement is 6.0m.
Am I missing something?
- DrJokepu 12y agoYeah the numbers don't quite add up; I reckon it's something like the original standard was in imperial units that was converted to metric later and at some point someone somewhere (possibly a journalist) decided to round the numbers without making sure they add up.
- Shivetya 12y agoOdd, I would have thought the 6 and 9 would not be reverse of each other, as in having one not use a slanted portion.
- marcosdumay 12y agoThe font is defined graphically in a grid of 20cm divisions. The author probably measured those numbers with a ruler.