Figure 366
Arabic Figures used by Simon de Colines in 1536 (top) with Arabic Figures, Non-Ranging and Ranging (bottom)
1536
…the original old style arabic figures—nowadays called “non-ranging”—should be used with all old style fonts. Such as figures as those in the Dutch types given by Dr. John Fell to the Oxford University printing-house are among the best of their kind; and Caslon’s old style arabic numerals are lively and agreeable type-forms. Of these, the numbers 1, 2, and 0 cover only the middle of the body; 6 and 8 are the ascending, and 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9 the descending figures.