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ithacaartist · 08-06-2017, 01:51 AM

My dad owned a sign company... The differences between an M and a W--considering something might be upside down--are 1) The middle "V" between the legs of an M is short, and the same structure in a W is as tall as the legs, and 2) The legs of the M are plumb, while the legs of the W have a slant. People make up all sorts of wacky fonts and styles (I can't stand dotted capital Is.) but this is the standard. Flipping one of them if you need the other will work in a pinch, of course...but it ain't Kosher.

08-06-2017, 01:51 AM	#3
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,373 Thanks: 7,446 Thanked 2,613 Times in 1,380 Posts	My dad owned a sign company... The differences between an M and a W--considering something might be upside down--are 1) The middle "V" between the legs of an M is short, and the same structure in a W is as tall as the legs, and 2) The legs of the M are plumb, while the legs of the W have a slant. People make up all sorts of wacky fonts and styles (I can't stand dotted capital Is.) but this is the standard. Flipping one of them if you need the other will work in a pinch, of course...but it ain't Kosher. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

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