--- James Wilkinson <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Rickey Moore wrote: > > Thanks!! That did help... now I'm looking for a good font for > Firefox > > that has slashed zeros, that doesn't look like teleype font. What > do > > you use? > > Well, at the moment, mutt in gnome-terminal... > > Outside terminals, I'm rather partial to a font called Gill Sans, > from > the 1930s. It seems to be going through a revival in Britain (in > books, > commercial signs, and other places where professional designers > have a > hand in things). It's both classical and modern-looking in a 1930s > way. > And it's not bundled with Windows or Office, which counts against > Arial > and Times for professional designers. > > My copy comes from an old Lotus Smartsuite CD. > > It doesn't have slashed zeros, but the letter O is simply a circle, > whereas the zero is definitely an oval. They're very obviously > dissimilar. > > A quick look in Character Map suggests something like Nimbus Sans L > would have the same properties. > > Hope this helps, > > James. > -- > E-mail address: james | "The US Air Force is removing harmful > "greenhouse" > @westexe.demon.co.uk | gases from the cooling systems of > intercontinental > | ballistic missiles. This will minimise > damage to the > | ozone layer in the event of a nuclear > holocaust." > | -- The Guardian. > ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ...the Sin of Ignorance, and ...the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ ================================================ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
