When my daughter was 4, she says "H's are never upside-down, except when they're sideways!" Perhaps she'll grow up to be a group theorist. Cris On Jul 1, 2015, at 8:24 AM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
Typography is a bit removed from math, but I know some of you are font geeks, and in any case, the ability to attend to minutiae of notation is a part of the mathematician's toolkit.
So without further apology, let me ask: Is the "W" in http://jamespropp.org/backwards-w.jpg truly backwards, as I think it is? Or does this sort of font-asymmetry admit variations?
What's the relevant nomenclature describing the thickness of ascending and descending strokes? (If, ignoring my wife's counsel, I end up entering the Hollingworth 5 and 10 to tell them that their W is backwards, I want to sound like I know what I'm talking about, even if I actually don't.)
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