Re: First report on Conm

En réponse à Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>:

>
> My ' are more or less vertical*,
I can't produce a vertical ' naturally. My hand position makes it extremely
uncomfortable (I'm left-handed).

 and while I usually serify my Roman
> numerals,
> the superscript ones we're talking about are so small that serifs
> would
> make 'em illegible.
>
I have no problem serifying them, even at small size :)) . But I have quite
clear Roman capitals (only my Ds are occasionally confused with Os, although I
think it's only because people don't bother reading carefully what I
write ;)) ).

> * Of late, I've been using a private convention where x' with a vertical
> prime
> sign means the first derivative of x, and x` with an ayin-like (ie,
> curved)
> prime sign is x-prime in the sense "another x". It's not like I
> believe
> anybody else'll pick this up, but it appeals to my aforementioned
> pseudo-tidy
> brain.
>
Hehe, nice convention, but unuseable for me :(( . I have already difficulties
enough to produce a vertical ', so making a ` is even more difficult :)) . I
guess you understand why I have a certain liking of RTL scripts ;)) .

Christophe.

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