alt Hacker NewsFun fact: Chinese has separate "financial numerals" precisely to prevent one digit being changed to another, the way that could be easily done with regular numerals like turning 一 (1) into 三 (3) or 十 (10). A lot harder when they look like 壹, 叁, and 拾 instead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numerals#Financial_num...
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RobotToaster • yesterday at 11:22 AM
Interesting, is there a background to how they created the financial numerals? The standard ones seem obvious.
Another fun fact: German registration plates use a font for which it is difficult to change one digit to another, for example by adding a bit of tape. The font is called FE-Schrift. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FE-Schrift