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by nwiswell 830 days ago
> How do you print IX with yours?

You rotate XI 180 degrees.
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maratc 829 days ago
In most serif typefaces, one of the glyphs is significantly thicker than the other, and they don't meet exactly at 50% height. If one rotates the letter X 180 degrees, it would look out of place.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Capitali...

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froh 828 days ago
there is no XI in XVIIIII though

ah nvadr spells it out:

VIIIIX

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39722131

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