Dark Side of the Horse by Samson for November 08, 2023

But do you know your Ms from your Ws?

Good for you, Horace.

But never cross an i. It just makes them angry.

Such is the case.

Samuli’s justified in any case.

That meticulous eh.

Some things don’t work (quite so well) when you use all capital letters.

No apostrophes, please.

I cross my i’s.

Horace has a great future as a proofreader…

What about the j’s and x’s… they’re neglected, too!

Horace is meticulous!

For those who recall the old “Palmer” writing system, there is actually a “t” (used only on the end of words) that one doesn’t have to cross.

Horace, best not to brag about IT…. er…. it…!

But if you dot the I’s, you get Ï

Dot i’s unbelievable!

subtle

Only in a comic strip.

Horace is Meticulous? He’s claiming ancestry among Canadian indigenous peoples?

reach for the upper case or the one below

Haha! Horace is indeed meticulous!

Just to be even more thorough, Horace should cross the i’s and dot the t’s.

Dotting the i is not a capital idea.

That’s lower case law.

Autocorrect must be fixing all that for me ‘cause I’m not crossing or dotting anything

Dotting "I"s and crossing "T"s should be left to the IT department.

You could say he’s a thorough-bred!

Nice gag! :)

That’s what happens when cartoon protocol requires you to speak in ALL CAPS.

Every jot and tittle is done properly.

Then there’s the tau cross, which doesn’t have to cross anything as long as it has a cross beam that goes, um, across the vertical one. Like this: T