Uhhhh... I’m, like, angry at numbers.

re: Uhhhh... I’m, like, angry at numbers.

CDil — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:04:31 GMT

Why are all these programmers concerned with Oldstyle lowercase numbers? They should be using tabular, non-lining numbers for data entry and programming. They're monospaced and align with capital letters

re: Uhhhh... I’m, like, angry at numbers.

john — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:18:50 GMT

I was trying to find out if there was any "font" for numbers on my Windows XP that makes the 5 look like a S, and the 4 look like a h when they are upside down. I had a alpha-numeric pager back in the 1980's where those numbers did that. When I received the numbers 710-77345, it read "shell oil when held upside down. Any thots? Yeh, I know, "get a life!!!"

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re: Uhhhh... I’m, like, angry at numbers.

PeterH — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:03:17 GMT

I think there should be upper case digits, so that when I type and enter text (during programming for instance :) with Shift pressed, I don't have to lift it. And, I may want to emphasize the digits as i DO WITH UPPER case letter.

Nice to see some posts on this blog again! If it wasn't for this blog, I wouldn't know about the splendid joke about the font that went into a bar ... ;-)

I’m, like, angry at "OldStyle" numbers.

David Parker — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:14:16 GMT

"other styles such as Lining Numbers, and Small Caps numbers which can be accessed through OpenType."

OK, so how do I access these other styles in Word 2003?

I really dislike the uneven look of the "old style" numbers in the ClearType fonts. I don't think they are look proper in a technical report or table.