The 6 looks very zebra-like to me. 
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I think the designer used 
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the oval shape as a basis for cre-
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ating the 6. Both the overall 
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letterform and the stripes within it 
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are derived from this shape. 
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I used the oval to construct the 
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ends of the strokes of the 
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7 and the stripes inside the form.
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Wendy Martenson
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project coordinator