I believe that there is really is a upper/lower case arabic number set,
but it is not used as much these days, mostly because of the computer.
However, the only differences I recall is the "1" is 1/2 size, and looks
like a short capital "I"; the "0" looks like a lower case "o", and the
"9" was a descender character, with the baseline being on the bottom of
the circle part of the "9".
I don't really speak with authority on this one, as I don't have the
typesetting and font experiences others may have.
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
At 04:04 PM 2/18/2007 -0500, John Howell wrote:
Actually I don't think Arabic numerals have upper and lower cases.*
At least they don't on typewriter or computer keyboards. You just
change the size.
In traditional typsetting, some fonts have separate sizes and widths for
different purposes -- not quite upper and lower case, but sorted similarly
(yes, many years ago I hand-set display type in a print shop). Accessing
these additional numerical characters in computerdom means using a separate
font version (the one that usually also includes a set of ligatures,
swashes, etc.). It's very pretty; one of the folks on this list has some
gorgeous examples.
I think we had this discussion a few months ago.
Dennis
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