Re-2: Font to show difference between 0 and O

[runrev260805 at m-r-d.de]

Hi,

if there is no font with a slashed zero, why not modifying an existing one.

Look here for free fonts under GNU. The creator of these fonts allows modification.

http://www.aimwell.org/Fonts/fonts.html

A free font editor (FontForge) can be found here

http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/


Regards,

Matthias

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Font to show difference between 0 and O (11-Jan-2009 20:28)
From:    stephen barncard <stephenREVOLUTION2 at barncard.com>
To:      runrev260805 at m-r-d.de

> 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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