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To be fair, zero is a complicated number

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[–] qaz@lemmy.world 36 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Yeah, why didn't they just go with 0 lines?

Edit: /s

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

It's basically what Arabic numerals did.

"I circled the zero lines here."

[–] Mischala@lemmy.nz 3 points 6 months ago

Holy shit.. That means fonts that differentiate Zero from Capital O with a dot or line are technically false...

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