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TIL about the greek question mark

Tell me, can you tell the difference between these two characters?

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The Greek question mark is a fraction of a mm thicker. :)

I got used to seeing the same thing between O and 0 in certain fonts. O is wider than 0.

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[–] nuke@yah.lol 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks Satan

[–] c3zth@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Hah, I will know it’s an error as I hardly use semicolons in JS. #rekt

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 2 points 1 year ago

Yes. One is in the matrix movies and the other isn't.

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