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An alternative would be to print IDs using https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FE-Schrift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FE-Schrift, which was specifically designed to
by jeroen 2y ago
An alternative would be to print IDs using https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FE-Schrift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FE-Schrift, which was specifically designed to make normally similar characters to look different.
- serial_dev 2y agoGood luck distinguishing 0 and O with that font in a random sequence of characters. The type face you linked is not optimized for humans. > Its monospaced letters and numbers are slightly disproportionate to prevent easy modification and to improve machine readability. It's a slightly different issue than what was described in the article (e.g it can't address the cases where IDs are written down).
- namibj 2y agoAFAIK it's designed for non-automatic number plate reading in Germany.