On 22/09/2010 07:52 PM, nemesis wrote:

> and can you think of any of them where the difference between them isn't
> merely size? Take roman letters like "H" or "h" and the difference is
> remarkable. Not such with "lowercase" or "uppercase" greek (at least the
> one's I know).
>
> That's why I saw no difference in the pi symbol: I have no size to
> relate to to tell if it's big or small.

Lowercase sigma looks like a "6", but the uppercase looks more like... 
well, you've seen it, right?

Uppercase mu is an "M", but the lowercase is the "micro" symbol, that 
looks more like a "u".

I could go on... GIYF.

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