Font to show difference between 0 and O

[stephen barncard]

in critical applications where numbers and letters are together, this has
always been a big annoyance and for that reason, I like the zeroes to be
REAL explicit, with a slash, so there is no question. Profont isn't really
fancy, but is designed to be explicit. Free, open source Truetype. I haven't
seen an installed font do this, except I have a vague memory of Courier
having slashed zeroes at one point.
SEE A SAMPLE HERE <http://houseofcubes.com/coding/profont.png>

As far as mixed numbers and characters in passwords, it's
actually advantageous for security to do that, just hard for people.

2009/1/11 Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com>

> >>  The Monaco font on Macs clearly shows the differences between a zero
> >> and the letter "O" and the number one and lower case "L", etc.
> >> What would the equivalent font on Windows and/or Linux be?
>
> I was curious about this, so I just did a run though of all installed fonts
> on a Vista system and was surprised to find nothing that qualified.  For
> the
> zero character, Consolas (not sure if this standard) was an option, but not
> a very good for one.  When you see the characters next to each other you
> can
> kind of make out the difference, but apart I can see there being confusion.
>
> If you need the character distinction for registration/password entry, I
> believe the standard is to avoid mixing numbers and characters, at least in
> the same block of text.  If you need the distinction for other reasons, you
> may need to research a 3rd party font an install it yourself.
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
>
>
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Stephen Barncard
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