Author: Thorsten Czub
Date: 01:05:15 12/17/99
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On December 17, 1999 at 01:58:00, Dave Gomboc wrote: >Okay, so Thorsten sent me this .bmp file which I am taking a look at right now. >It's pretty cool. I must admit that I'm not completely convinced that the >Arabian numbers were originally written as they are drawn in the .bmp file :), I remember that when i was very young in school and had to learn writing numbers and letters in italics alike letters, my school teacher had big sized posters HOW to draw the numbers. THERE e.g. the seven was exactly the way it is in the theory i have send you. Also the nine! and i remember i had to make the 4 with a triangle. later when i was older i changed the outfit of my numbers more like block-letters. so the triangle of the 4 disappeared. and also the 7 and the 9 changed. >but then again, I have no reason to think they weren't, either. Here's a rough >ascii-ization of it. The asterisks denote the angles. thanks. this way i can send it to people in the net who have not heard about this senseful explanation. often i meet kids i show them about. than they run to their teachers and parents and tell them about. so maybe human beeing get the knowledge back we once had about WHY the arabien numbers look like they look today! thanks. > >The zero is easy O > Three \ > /| *\ >One /*| / > | /* (the lines could be all be > | \ more horizontal) > *\ >Two --- / > */ / > / > /* > --- > ----- ----- >Four Five |* |* > /| |* Six |* > /*| ----- |----- > /**| *| |* *| > ---| |* *| |* *| > *| ---- ----- > >Seven ---------- Eight ---- Nine ---- > */ |* *| |* *| > / |* *| |* *|* > |* */* ---- ------ > +----+-- |* *| *|* > |* */* |* *| |* *| > / ---- ---- > / > >Cool, wot? :-)) >Dave
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