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[โ€“] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's done all over Europe. They also have a fancy 1 that's nice because it doesn't look like a lower case l. I'm not positive that the 1 is used outside France though but it's the standard in France. https://ielanguages.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/davidsno.jpg

[โ€“] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago

Yep, we do that too. It's called a Serif, though it being a French word I'd guess you know that.