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I'm always really confused about how dotted zeroes became the norm for these fonts. I always confuse them with eights and vastly prefer slashed zeroes. Would lo
by ollien 3y ago
I'm always really confused about how dotted zeroes became the norm for these fonts. I always confuse them with eights and vastly prefer slashed zeroes. Would love to try this if it had such a variant.
- NetOpWibby 3y agoI suggested slash zero in an issue and some rando mentioned dotted zeroes serve the same purpose. So annoying.
- thristian 3y agoThere's languages where a slashed circle is a letter, and a slashed zero makes things confusing. Dotted zeroes have much less opportunity for confusion in that direction. I guess type designers could emphasise the convex sides of a dotted zero with the concave sides of an "8" to keep them visually distinct, but I don't know if this font does that.
- computerfriend 3y agoΘ.
- jbverschoor 3y agoTheta
- YellowSuB 3y agoI figured he was referring to Ø used in Danish.
- computerfriend 3y agoYes, but the dot-zero also has a letter to confuse it with.
- Diti 3y agoThis is why some fonts like Atkison Hyperlegible use reverse slashed zero, which removes the confusion.