On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 02:28 +0100, Albert Graham wrote: > Well, if believe your own words in this case, let's just all agree to > remove the dot from the 0 altogether! and the entire problem has gone > away. Only your problem goes away, for many others not being able to quickly tell them apart is a big problem. Short answer: If *YOU* do not like this font, use another font! > I've seen a few posts on this thread where people are are comparing > Letter O and Number 0, well firstly, O and 0 are not usually used in > the same context and when they are, if a mistake is made, it usually > does not matter, for example, if I say I'm going to pay back that loan > of $1OOO, you know what I mean, that would even stand up in Judge > Judy's court. Load of nonsense. The letter O and numeral 0 are *VERY* often used together in sequences of characters where it could be one or the other, especially on computers (command line parameters, product codes, passwords, serial numbers [sic] that aren't always numbers), and it's essential that you use the right one. -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
