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TIL about the greek question mark

Tell me, can you tell the difference between these two characters?

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Greek question mark is a fraction of a mm thicker. :)

I got used to seeing the same thing between O and 0 in certain fonts. O is wider than 0.

[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cool, but can you spot the difference between I and I?

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That one I never could crack. | is longer so that's easy.

[–] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

lI makes it pretty simple to see - uppercase i is just a tad shorter.