Tim wrote:
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.
Let's hope so.
Short answer: If *YOU* do not like this font, use another font!
And I will, but this is not about *ME* it's about usability is not NOT!
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.
You did not read the next paragraph did you!
Anyhow you've made my exact point in your response, the penny has
finally dropped.
Thank you.
Albert.
