ring

i will use the lower case from now on,
because i am weary and dissapointed.

On the internet i cannot find a proper capital i.

What's with a capital i , looking like this...I,
a straight line.
When i type a response, the capital i looks right,
and then poof...it becomes castrated looking,
its head and feet chopped off.

This is unexceptable.
What can we do about this?

Baraka_Guru

We should start a serif club!

The I in this is strong:

"Bodoni serif"

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

BadNick

while the default capital i looks like this: I

we can choose to change fonts to make it look like this: I in the Times New Roman world

or perhaps like this: I in the Comic Sans MS world

...though there is nothing wrong with serif!

Baraka_Guru

Serifs are good for reading printed matter at length.

Sans-serifs are good for reading on-screen in short bursts...like here.

Both, in the proper contexts, are for saving your eyes.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

Ourcrazymodern?

I wonder about p's & q's, occasionally.

If only for more definition.

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BE JUST AND FEAR NOT

uncle phil

mind your own; no one else will...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

ring

Eye tend towards tender tending.

Baraka_Guru

Beautie is in the I of the beholden: "Who owes you?"

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

JumpinJesus

I was always told, "Use serif on printed paper and sans-serif for electronic media, you ungrateful foul-mouthed smelly rotten sum-bitch!"

It always stuck with me, though I've never quite understood the profanity-laden conclusion to that piece of advice.

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"I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses

ring

Oh Cursives!

Plan9

Wow, I used those Jan Brett books in elementary school. Talk about flashbacks of shame.

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

ring

Acceptable.

Today I cannot spell.
Once in awhile this happens.
Sunspots I betcha.

BadNick

don't look directly at the sun with your eye

Ourcrazymodern?

It looks like the eyes have it.

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BE JUST AND FEAR NOT

uncle phil

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (Dutch Lullaby)
by Eugene Field (1850-1895)

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe---
Sailed on a river of crystal light,
Into a sea of dew.
"Where are you going, and what do you wish?"
The old moon asked the three.
"We have come to fish for the herring fish
That live in this beautiful sea;
Nets of silver and gold have we!"
Said Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.

The old moon laughed and sang a song,
As they rocked in the wooden shoe,
And the wind that sped them all night long
Ruffled the waves of dew.
The little stars were the herring fish
That lived in that beautiful sea---
"Now cast your nets wherever you wish---
Never afeard are we";
So cried the stars to the fishermen three:
Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.

All night long their nets they threw
To the stars in the twinkling foam---
Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe,
Bringing the fishermen home;
'T was all so pretty a sail it seemed
As if it could not be,
And some folks thought 't was a dream they 'd dreamed
Of sailing that beautiful sea---
But I shall name you the fishermen three:
Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.

Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes,
And Nod is a little head,
And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies
Is a wee one's trundle-bed.
So shut your eyes while mother sings
Of wonderful sights that be,
And you shall see the beautiful things
As you rock in the misty sea,
Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three:
Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

BadNick

that is so sweet, unc. can eye hug yew?

uncle phil

when the cow jumps over the moon, and the dish runs away with the spoon...

silly boy...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

Tophat665

It would be nice to be an Electric I again, but it's been so long since college.

I prefer Cursive writing for swearing.

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Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns.
Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

Cuddly Knife

i can accept that

uncle phil

i spy, with my naked eye...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

ratbastid

Tophat665

The eye on the capital

I'm elected electric spy. I'm protected electric I.

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Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns.
Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

Baraka_Guru

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

ring

I like this attractive looking alphabet.



Russian and Greek are also very pleasing.

Tophat665

I'm a big fan of Mongolian script:

Really.

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Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns.
Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

BadNick

new addition to my eye collection:

Ourcrazymodern?

I
is

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BE JUST AND FEAR NOT

ring

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Tophat665

I yi yi
(Canta no llore)

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Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns.
Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

cdwonderful

get over it folks!!! every one knows capitalizing an i is just a capitalistic plot to keep the peasants in line, don't buy into it. Only capitalize at the beginning of a sentence. Live free or die.

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Never try to teach a pig to whistle
it wastes your time,
and annoys the pig.....

BadNick

I wonder if the problem is the dot over that little guy? What do I do with all these?

Ä ä
Ǟ ǟ
Ë ë
Ḧ ḧ
Ï ï
Ḯ ḯ
Ö ö
Ȫ ȫ
Ṏ ṏ
T̈ ẗ
Ü ü
Ǖ ǖ
Ǘ ǘ
Ǚ ǚ
Ǜ ǜ
Ṳ ṳ
Ṻ ṻ
Ẅ ẅ
Ẍ ẍ
Ÿ ÿ

cdwonderful

you save them up for valuable premiums, like 160000 get you a border's card

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Never try to teach a pig to whistle
it wastes your time,
and annoys the pig.....

ring

Umlauts are really spirit guides.

cdwonderful

yes, but their directions are terrible.....

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Never try to teach a pig to whistle
it wastes your time,
and annoys the pig.....

girldetective

Aye aye, Cap'n.

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As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons...be cheerful; strive for happiness - Desiderata

BadNick

I sometimes get mixed up with kulats, kumquats, and umlauts, possibly because my name as given to me at birth has a kumquat over the "o" as in Miklós...damn, I just noticed it has a little eye, too!

uncle phil

m - i - s - s - i - s - s - eyepeepee - i...

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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
-----------------------------------------
"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
-----------------------------------------
never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.

ring

MISSISSIPPI
I saw the Mississippi recently...'tis mighty.

Tophat665

You might want to be careful with that. Too much eyepeepee-i can lead to one becoming cock-eyed.

I prefer I Palindrome I

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Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns.
Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

ring