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I use 1 with a long hook except when I write binary numbers where I use just a | for 1.

I have some other context dependent characters/letters.

I write small z like that in normal writing, but as a mathematical variable I write it as ƶ. (To disambiguate from 2.)

I write small t like † in normal writing, but as a mathematical variable I write it as t. (To disambiguate from + (plus).)

I write q like that in normal writing, but as a mathematical variable I write it with a stroke, which does not display on the iPhone, a ꝗ, a bit similar to a ɋ. (To disambiguate from a (ɑ).)

It’s all about disambiguation, and sometimes having different letter shapes for isolated characters.




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