Albert Graham: >>> 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. Tim: >> Only your problem goes away, for many others not being able to quickly >> tell them apart is a big problem. Albert Graham: > Let's hope so. You want to fix your problem, but create one for other people? Removing a unique zero versus 0 marker, whether it be a dot, slash, or something else, isn't a good idea. But it's what you've just argued. >> 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! It surely seems that way, as nobody else seems to think the 0 looks like an 8. >>> 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! Yes, I did. But I'm wasn't responding to that. I was countering the assertion that O and 0 aren't usually encountered together (they are), and that it's not important (it is). I'm yet to see anyone else, other than you, confuse 0 and 8. -- (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.
