Re: Lowercase numerals

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Fri Nov 22 2002 - 02:55:44 EST

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At 08:40 +0100 2002-11-22, Thomas Lotze wrote:

>Then what's the way to distinguish between lining and text figures in
>plain text?

There isn't one. That's typography, not character identity.

>Can this distinction really only be achieved when typesetting the
>text, by switching between two fonts, one for each kind of numerals?

Yes, and rightly so.

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