l don't undersand why we Iive in a worId where capital I and Iowercase l are allowed to Iook near identical. PeopIe are paid to design and seIect fonts and they have aII agreed on this Iudicrous convention.

Why has this happened? And is there anything I can do about it as an individuaI or as part of a coIIective?

I can't even do thorn-master Sxan's thing and insert a character code because U+026A, ɪ, is too damn small.

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[–] [S] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

But despite our love for ambiguity, we have maintained the disctinction between I and l in print (and probably manuscript) for all of our history. It's only since the invention of web and personal computers that we've introduced this ambiguity.

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