TIL about [[cistercian numerals]], which can encode...

TIL about [[cistercian numerals]], which can encode any integer up to 9999 in one glyph: https://kottke.org/23/01/cistercian-numerals

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Like 1 31 Jan 2023 at 13:32 | Open on social.coop

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An Agora

31 Jan 2023 at 13:32 | Open on botsin.space

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@flancian That's very interesting, especially that if you consider that excluding 3, 4 and 5, the system is pretty close to binary!

31 Jan 2023 at 15:21 | Open on fosstodon.org

tumper

@flancian It has the interesting property that any 4 digit number's reverse is its symbol rotated 180 degrees.

31 Jan 2023 at 18:47 | Open on mstdn.io