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    #Maths #Math
    This #MathsMonday Why there isn't an #infinite amount of #numbers between 0 and 1 on the #numberline AKA The number-line isn't a TARDIS!

    Firstly, one thing to point out is that people often conflate numbers with #numerals. This is important because #scalars also use numerals. Even though both numbers and scalars use numerals, they aren't the same thing!

    In #Mathematics, especially #arithmetic, we use numbers to count things. They enumerate how many things there are...

  2. 1/7
    #Maths #Math
    This #MathsMonday Why there isn't an #infinite amount of #numbers between 0 and 1 on the #numberline AKA The number-line isn't a TARDIS!

    Firstly, one thing to point out is that people often conflate numbers with #numerals. This is important because #scalars also use numerals. Even though both numbers and scalars use numerals, they aren't the same thing!

    In #Mathematics, especially #arithmetic, we use numbers to count things. They enumerate how many things there are...

  3. 1/7
    #Maths #Math
    This #MathsMonday Why there isn't an #infinite amount of #numbers between 0 and 1 on the #numberline AKA The number-line isn't a TARDIS!

    Firstly, one thing to point out is that people often conflate numbers with #numerals. This is important because #scalars also use numerals. Even though both numbers and scalars use numerals, they aren't the same thing!

    In #Mathematics, especially #arithmetic, we use numbers to count things. They enumerate how many things there are...

  4. 1/7
    #Maths #Math
    This #MathsMonday Why there isn't an #infinite amount of #numbers between 0 and 1 on the #numberline AKA The number-line isn't a TARDIS!

    Firstly, one thing to point out is that people often conflate numbers with #numerals. This is important because #scalars also use numerals. Even though both numbers and scalars use numerals, they aren't the same thing!

    In #Mathematics, especially #arithmetic, we use numbers to count things. They enumerate how many things there are...

  5. 1/7
    #Maths #Math
    This #MathsMonday Why there isn't an #infinite amount of #numbers between 0 and 1 on the #numberline AKA The number-line isn't a TARDIS!

    Firstly, one thing to point out is that people often conflate numbers with #numerals. This is important because #scalars also use numerals. Even though both numbers and scalars use numerals, they aren't the same thing!

    In #Mathematics, especially #arithmetic, we use numbers to count things. They enumerate how many things there are...

  6. was looking at a vintage folding rule my partner has. it’s one of those beautifully crafted wooden, boxwood and brass tools. it’s by Hockley Abbey (John Rabone and Sons tools in Birmingham, UK). common thing as they were making 27,000 a week by 1945!
    but it’s the #numerals that i’m taken by, look at the curls on the 2 and 3.
    #typography #vintageTools #vernacular

  7. "There are very few people at the Fringe these days doing Roman-numeral jokes; I is one." β€” Chris Turner β€” β€” β€” #ChrisTurner #quote #quotes #quip #snarky #joke #Roman #numerals #funny #humorous

  8. "There are very few people at the Fringe these days doing Roman-numeral jokes; I is one." β€” Chris Turner β€” β€” β€” #ChrisTurner #quote #quotes #quip #snarky #joke #Roman #numerals #funny #humorous

  9. "There are very few people at the Fringe these days doing Roman-numeral jokes; I is one." β€” Chris Turner β€” β€” β€” #ChrisTurner #quote #quotes #quip #snarky #joke #Roman #numerals #funny #humorous

  10. "There are very few people at the Fringe these days doing Roman-numeral jokes; I is one." β€” Chris Turner β€” β€” β€” #ChrisTurner #quote #quotes #quip #snarky #joke #Roman #numerals #funny #humorous

  11. Details from the cover and interior of the Ziffern (Numerals) specimen booklet, Schriftgiesserei Amsterdam, the Netherlands, date unknown. See the full specimen in the Online Archive: oa.letterformarchive.org/item?

    #LetterformArchive #AmsterdamTypeFoundry #Numbers #Numerals #Digits #TypeDesign

  12. was looking at a vintage folding rule my partner has. it’s one of those beautifully crafted wooden, boxwood and brass tools. it’s by Hockley Abbey (John Rabone and Sons tools in Birmingham, UK). common thing as they were making 27,000 a week by 1945!
    but it’s the #numerals that i’m taken by, look at the curls on the 2 and 3.
    #typography #vintageTools #vernacular

  13. was looking at a vintage folding rule my partner has. it’s one of those beautifully crafted wooden, boxwood and brass tools. it’s by Hockley Abbey (John Rabone and Sons tools in Birmingham, UK). common thing as they were making 27,000 a week by 1945!
    but it’s the #numerals that i’m taken by, look at the curls on the 2 and 3.
    #typography #vintageTools #vernacular

  14. was looking at a vintage folding rule my partner has. it’s one of those beautifully crafted wooden, boxwood and brass tools. it’s by Hockley Abbey (John Rabone and Sons tools in Birmingham, UK). common thing as they were making 27,000 a week by 1945!
    but it’s the #numerals that i’m taken by, look at the curls on the 2 and 3.
    #typography #vintageTools #vernacular

  15. was looking at a vintage folding rule my partner has. it’s one of those beautifully crafted wooden, boxwood and brass tools. it’s by Hockley Abbey (John Rabone and Sons tools in Birmingham, UK). common thing as they were making 27,000 a week by 1945!
    but it’s the #numerals that i’m taken by, look at the curls on the 2 and 3.
    #typography #vintageTools #vernacular

  16. Enfin, j'ai trouvé l'explication complète de quelque chose que je comprenais globalement, sans avoir jamais fouillé totalement le sujet : la différence entre les "billions ou trillions" en langues françaises et anglaises.

    FR : Γ‰chelles longue et courte fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ch
    EN : Long and short scales en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and

    #Numeration #Language #Numerals

  17. Here's an old cool GIF animation for my Bloki font. Always love to add some cyberglitches on stuff!

    #cyber #glitch #FontDesign #fontforge #numerals

  18. Learning #numerals. @TomNakai @DrJeromePrado &co show that 5-yr-old kids, but not 8-yr-olds, display format-independent representation of #quantity, suggesting relation between #symbolic & non-symb quant weakens with exposure to formal #math #PLOSBiology plos.io/3ikBRq0

  19. Learning #numerals. @TomNakai @DrJeromePrado &co show that 5-yr-old kids, but not 8-yr-olds, display format-independent representation of #quantity, suggesting relation between #symbolic & non-symb quant weakens with exposure to formal #math #PLOSBiology plos.io/3ikBRq0

  20. Learning #numerals. @TomNakai @DrJeromePrado &co show that 5-yr-old kids, but not 8-yr-olds, display format-independent representation of #quantity, suggesting relation between #symbolic & non-symb quant weakens with exposure to formal #math #PLOSBiology plos.io/3ikBRq0

  21. Enfin, j'ai trouvé l'explication complète de quelque chose que je comprenais globalement, sans avoir jamais fouillé totalement le sujet : la différence entre les "billions ou trillions" en langues françaises et anglaises.

    FR : Γ‰chelles longue et courte fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ch
    EN : Long and short scales en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and

    #Numeration #Language #Numerals

  22. Enfin, j'ai trouvé l'explication complète de quelque chose que je comprenais globalement, sans avoir jamais fouillé totalement le sujet : la différence entre les "billions ou trillions" en langues françaises et anglaises.

    FR : Γ‰chelles longue et courte fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ch
    EN : Long and short scales en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and

    #Numeration #Language #Numerals

  23. Details from the cover and interior of the Ziffern (Numerals) specimen booklet, Schriftgiesserei Amsterdam, the Netherlands, date unknown. See the full specimen in the Online Archive: oa.letterformarchive.org/item?

    #LetterformArchive #AmsterdamTypeFoundry #Numbers #Numerals #Digits #TypeDesign

  24. Details from the cover and interior of the Ziffern (Numerals) specimen booklet, Schriftgiesserei Amsterdam, the Netherlands, date unknown. See the full specimen in the Online Archive: oa.letterformarchive.org/item?

    #LetterformArchive #AmsterdamTypeFoundry #Numbers #Numerals #Digits #TypeDesign

  25. Here's an old cool GIF animation for my Bloki font. Always love to add some cyberglitches on stuff!

    #cyber #glitch #FontDesign #fontforge #numerals

  26. Here's an old cool GIF animation for my Bloki font. Always love to add some cyberglitches on stuff!

    #cyber #glitch #FontDesign #fontforge #numerals