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> "When the strike passes the edge of the circle, it's no longer a zero, it's a Danish or Norwegian "Ö" (Ø). It's been a part of their alphabet for centuries."
by uasm 8y ago
> "When the strike passes the edge of the circle, it's no longer a zero, it's a Danish or Norwegian "Ö" (Ø). It's been a part of their alphabet for centuries."
You can't please all the people, all of the time. There are ~21 million people living in Scandinavia - and for them, that could indeed be somewhat of an issue. What about the rest of the planet?
> "By badly thought out design and a need to be different for no reason, you just returned to square one, because the font is now unreadable for anyone that knows or works with the letter Ø."
Out of curiosity, what would you consider to be a better design?
- detaro 8y ago> What would you consider to be a better design then? > > "When the strike passes the edge of the circle, it's no longer a zero,
- hinkley 8y agoWell, at least he wasn't belligerent. Noticing a lot of threads like that on Reddit lately. Hope it doesn't spread.
- Tsiklon 8y agoThe strike should never pass the outer boundary of the 0. I believe that's the solution the Grandparent comment implied. Alternatively the strike could pass the alternative way through the symbol.
- stronglikedan 8y ago> what would you consider to be a better design I don't think there is one. The standard is the standard for a reason, and doesn't need to be better IMHO.
- tigen 8y agoIt looks less like an 8, so perhaps there is an advantage outside of Danish/Norwegian contexts.
- byproxy 8y agoZero with dotted center, I'd imagine.