Show HN: A CLI tool to generate Cistercian numerals (opens in new tab)

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51 pointsrhardih4y ago5 comments

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I love stuff like this. You’ve basically made the world a better place. Btw didn’t notice if it can render them horizontally as well as per tradition?

rhardihOP4y ago

Thanks! Only vertical staves at the moment, but maybe that's an idea for a future addition.

zzo38computer4y ago

I don't know why the Cistercian did 6 like they did, because it look like not very good to me. So, I made up a new one.

I also made up my own way of representing numbers higher than 9999.

Here is my own program to draw these modified Cistercian numbers: http://sprunge.us/9R3zRA

sumnole4y ago

Not sure if I'll ever need this but this is really cool and led me to learn about Cistercian numerals

prezjordan4y ago

Nice work! Generating SVGs with code is fun stuff.

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