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More Whimsical OEIS Sequences
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tectec
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For the first mentioned sequences based on fonts, what's the first number in the sequence that has less digits than the previous number?
bradrn
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It looks like that never occurs for Helvetica (A316600) due to the absence of kerning. However, with Arial (A316599) the description notes:
> a(29368) = 111111 is a first notable anomaly, because its bounding box width of 2675 lies between those of a(29367) = 49115, with bounding box width 2655, and a(29369) = 70002, with bounding box width 2681.
robinhouston
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The edit history of the “nonsense sequence” makes for painful reading.
dooglius
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I am missing some context here what was wrong with the original description?
robinhouston
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The original title was this:
> Graph substitution of two octahedra inside an icosahedron connected at p=1: disconnected at p=0 ( concept similar to two tetrahedra inside a cube).
Can you explain what that means, and how it leads to a sequence of integers? I think it is nonsense.