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  • slashagreeable_landfall@mastodon.social
    Oct 21, 2026, 11:53 AM

    @michal I used a manual typewriter all through college. And I don't recall ever having a problem distinguishing what that <lowercase L> character was being used for. The context was always clear. On the web, I *constantly* have that problem. I examine one font really closely, and <lower l>, <num 1>, and <cap i> were _identical_. I think, perhaps, writers were aware of this and would rewrite to make it clear.

    Fonts should have serifs for readability.

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  • Eli the Beardedelithebearded@fed.qaz.red
    Oct 21, 2026, 5:48 PM

    @michal

    Yeah, I have two typewriters like that, one is a 1970s toy, but the other is a serious machine, a 1930s Remington Porto-Rite. Also on those, the exclamation point is made with apostrophe backspace period. Both have a dedicated zero key. The Porto-Rite even manages to have ¼ ½ ¾ and ¢ without feeling the need for a dedicated one.

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