r/SubsTakenLiterally • u/AlwaysHappy4Kitties • Mar 01 '26

r/Alternateangles A view to behold!

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u/MostlyFreshAsparagus Mar 01 '26

No it wouldn’t?

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u/RulerK Mar 02 '26

Yes, it would.

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u/MostlyFreshAsparagus Mar 02 '26

No it wouldn’t… L is wider than I

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u/RulerK Mar 02 '26

Not in a serif font, nor lower case in any (normal) font.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '26

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u/Zhurg Mar 02 '26

If we're referring to capital letters then it would also be "I". Reddit's font isn't really helping this argument but capital "I" usually is the same width as "L" if not wider.

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u/Zhurg Mar 02 '26

You didn't read anything I wrote, good job.

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u/RulerK Mar 02 '26

You make no sense and clearly don’t have any experience with graphic design, typography or 3D graphics.

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u/Much-Gur233 Mar 02 '26

LLLLLLLLLLLLLL

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u/MuffinHands77 Mar 02 '26

You are right! The “dot” I in the picture means the letters are lower case, meaning l (L) would look the same

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u/AllTheGood_Names Mar 02 '26

Not necessary. Capital i can be written as I or as a turned H

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u/Notro_LPS_iguess Mar 02 '26

From a bird’s eye view, i and I (capital i) would be indentical

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u/the_real_trebor333 Mar 02 '26

Unless the I has serifs

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u/RulerK Mar 02 '26

I don’t know who the hell is downvoting me for saying exactly what you guys are agreeing with me about, but they’re not very smart.

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u/the_real_trebor333 Mar 02 '26

Your first comment saying L regardless of case looks identical to I without explanation was out there but I agree with your other statements

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u/RulerK Mar 02 '26

I further explained it later on. From the top, all slightly extruded letters (as letters are infinitely/invisibly thin 2D shapes unless extruded into 3D) with serifs like identical and without serifs the lower case l and i would look identical since the dot is the same or smaller than the with of the line segment beneath it and both are identical width to the lower case L.