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When writing, do you put a dash (-) through your 7's, 0's, and/or Z's?

Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:32 am
Posted by The Mick
Member since Oct 2010
45224 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:32 am
Riveting topic needs your response. TIA

I dash the 7 to differentiate from my open 2's, nothing for Z's or zeroes.

Do something
Posted by Junkyard Hog
Arkansas
Member since Aug 2019
475 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:33 am to
7s only
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
72297 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:36 am to
7s consistently, 0s if there are also Os involved
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
62452 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:37 am to
Putting a dash through 7 is one of those simple pleasures in life
Posted by onelochevy
Slidell, LA
Member since Jan 2011
18605 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:38 am to
Dash through the 7s.
Posted by LSUBFA83
Member since May 2012
4458 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:38 am to
No, because I'm American.
Posted by Rockbrc
Attic
Member since Nov 2015
10083 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:38 am to
Yes
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
31703 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:38 am to
Just the 0s, not the sevens or the zeds.
Posted by SparkyWilson
Member since May 2026
644 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:38 am to
I always put a dash mid height on my 7's so they don't get viewed as 1's even though I don't put a hat on my 1's.

2's have a straight bottom instead of a loop. 0's don't get a slash and only capital Z's get the mid dash.

I also do open topped 4's so they aren't confused with 9's and I use two circles for my 8's instead a single figure-8 motion.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
107049 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:39 am to
This is what we've become. Debating lines through our numbers
Posted by LSUballs
Member since Feb 2008
40649 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:39 am to
I do but the dash be silent
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
75739 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:42 am to
I do all three. Picked up the habit in the army because we got our arse chewed out if we handed in our range card, or anything else for that matter, to the platoon leader without them.
Posted by TCrown
Member since Dec 2024
22 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:45 am to
Z's only. Not sure why. Just a habit I picked up somewhere.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
133703 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:45 am to
7s only
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
63170 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:46 am to
No
Posted by Roberteaux
mandeville
Member since Sep 2009
6316 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:47 am to
I used to put a dash through 7 when I was younger, for some reason that habit faded
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
13419 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:48 am to
I put a slash on zeros.

Sometimes dash the 7 if it looks confusing without it.

Posted by notsince98
KC, MO
Member since Oct 2012
22579 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:49 am to
Z only. Picked up the habit in engineering school. I cant do zero because that would be theta and not zero.
This post was edited on 10/29/26 at 11:51 am
Posted by northgate5
Member since Jan 2019
181 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:50 am to
Z’s only. Started doing it in high school algebra to keep z’s and 2’s separate.
Posted by MAMAC14
Member since Aug 2021
90 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 11:50 am to
7s and zeros always
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