DejaVu fonts - Not 108% - Feedback.

Paul Howarth paul at city-fan.org
Tue Jul 18 09:15:07 UTC 2006


Tim wrote:
> Albert Graham:
>>>> Well, if believe your own words in this case, let's just all agree to 
>>>> remove the dot from the 0 altogether! and the entire problem has gone
>>>> away.
> 
> Tim:
>>> Only your problem goes away, for many others not being able to quickly
>>> tell them apart is a big problem.
>    
> Albert Graham:
>> Let's hope so.
> 
> You want to fix your problem, but create one for other people?  Removing
> a unique zero versus 0 marker, whether it be a dot, slash, or something
> else, isn't a good idea.  But it's what you've just argued.
> 
>>> Short answer:  If *YOU* do not like this font, use another font!
>    
>> And I will, but this is not about *ME* it's about usability is not NOT!
> 
> It surely seems that way, as nobody else seems to think the 0 looks like
> an 8.

I do actually. My eyesight isn't great, but I'm using it at home and at 
work (hence two different monitors) and this is the only issue I have 
with DejaVu, which I generally like, having used it for a week or so.

Paul.




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