@TristanSevers Cases are used for grammatical clarity; a one with a line through it is for visual clarity. A matter of font, not case.
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Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@CurlOfGradient Cases are used for visual clarity. Hence capital single-word letters and sentence starts.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @TristanSevers
@TristanSevers Cases are more than just visual, they have grammatical meaning. There is a *special* distinction between upper and lower 1/21 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@TristanSevers case letters. We can't just call every single font change a change in case as well, case a subset of font differences. 2/21 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@CurlOfGradient Let's go back to the beginning here: what possible function would the "missing" upper-case 1 serve distinct from serifed 1?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @TristanSevers
@TristanSevers None, my original tweet was a joke. English has no rules for upper/lower case numbers, nor does it have a use for them.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@CurlOfGradient A joke, but a joke with an insight: people use '1' vs. 'l' in a manner identical to upper- and lower-case.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @TristanSevers
@TristanSevers You mean they capitalize '1234' as 'I234' when it's at the beginning of a sentence? Or when it's a proper name?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@CurlOfGradient 1,234 vs. 4,32l is common, yes. Printing discards "lower-case" 1 because there's no additional effort to outputting it.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @TristanSevers
@TristanSevers Common typographically yes, but not orthographically. In order to be case, it must serve an orthographic purpose as well.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@TristanSevers I agree that there is a function above mere font when using 1 vs. I. But I disagree it's case. In any case, I'm going to bed.
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Replying to @CurlOfGradient
@TristanSevers It's been fun debating though.0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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