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<blockquote class='quote-from-book'> <p><span class='ic'>&#8220;</span>When arabic numerals joined the roman alphabet, they too were given both lowercase and uppercase forms. Typographers call the former <cite>text figures</cite>, <cite>hanging figures</cite>, <cite>lowercase figures</cite>, or <cite>old-style figures</cite> <span class='bracket'>(</span>OSF for short<span class='bracket'>)</span> and make a point of using them whenever the surrounding text is set in lowercase letters or small caps. The alternative forms are called <cite>titling figures</cite>, <cite>ranging figures</cite> or <cite>lining figures</cite>, because they range or align with the upper&nbsp;case.<br />
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<span class='bracket'>[</span>Text figures<span class='bracket'>]</span> are basic parts of typographic speech, and they are a sign that dollars are not really twice as important as ideas, and numbers are not afraid to consort on an equal footing with words. <span class='bracket'>[</span>...<span class='bracket'>]</span> However common it may be, the use of titling figures in running text is illiterate: it spurns the truth of letters.&#8221;</p>
<span class='bracket'>[</span>…<span class='bracket'>]</span><br />
<span class='bracket'>[</span>Text figures<span class='bracket'>]</span> are basic parts of typographic speech, and they are a sign that dollars are not really twice as important as ideas, and numbers are not afraid to consort on an equal footing with words. <span class='bracket'>[</span>…<span class='bracket'>]</span> However common it may be, the use of titling figures in running text is illiterate: it spurns the truth of letters.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Many core web fonts <span class='bracket'>(</span>indeed most digital fonts<span class='bracket'>)</span> ship with only one case of figures: Arial, Comic Sans, Helvetica, Tahoma, Times, Times New Roman, Trebuchet and Verdana all ship with titling figures only. Georgia is the sole holder of text figures <span class='bracket'>(</span>but lacks titling&nbsp;figures<span class='bracket'>)</span>.</p>