Comment by uncircle
8 months ago
Nice! This makes me appreciate the improvement roman numerals had over cuneiform: that a symbol isn’t repeated more than three times so it’s easier to read at a glance.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subitizing
This is why VIII and IX are easier to parse than 𒐆 and 𒐇 (though grouping them by 5 does help)
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