DejaVu fonts - Not 108% - Feedback.

[Albert Graham]

Tim wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 02:28 +0100, Albert Graham wrote:
>   
>> 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.
>>     
>
> Only your problem goes away, for many others not being able to quickly
> tell them apart is a big problem.
>
>   
Let's hope so.

> 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!
>> I've seen a few posts on this thread where people are are comparing 
>> Letter O and Number 0, well firstly, O and 0 are not usually used in
>> the same context and when they are, if a mistake is made, it usually
>> does not matter, for example, if I say I'm going to pay back that loan
>> of $1OOO, you know what I mean, that would even stand up in Judge
>> Judy's court.
>>     
>
> Load of nonsense.  The letter O and numeral 0 are *VERY* often used
> together in sequences of characters where it could be one or the other,
> especially on computers (command line parameters, product codes,
> passwords, serial numbers [sic] that aren't always numbers), and it's
> essential that you use the right one.
>
>   
You did not read the next paragraph did you!

Anyhow you've made my exact point in your response, the penny has 
finally dropped.

Thank you.

Albert.