[WSG] o 0

2006-03-03 Thread Chris Kennon
Hi, A accessibility/usability quirk was posed to me and led to a me neither response. I've yet to encounter a font for the web that has a distinction between the uppercase letter O and the number 0. If such a font exist, which is it? Respectfully, Chris

Re: [WSG] o 0

2006-03-03 Thread Joshua Street
On 3/4/06, Jens Brueckmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a font for the web that has a distinction between the uppercase letter O and the number 0. If such a font exist, which is it? Georgia uses pretty much the same shape for o, 0 and O, but lower-case is small, zero is bigger, and capital is

Re: [WSG] o 0

2006-03-03 Thread Felix Miata
On 06/03/03 18:30 Chris Kennon apparently typed: A accessibility/usability quirk was posed to me and led to a me neither response. I've yet to encounter a font for the web that has a distinction between the uppercase letter O and the number 0. If such a font exist, which is it? Upper case O

Re: [WSG] o 0

2006-03-03 Thread James Bennett
On 3/3/06, Chris Kennon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A accessibility/usability quirk was posed to me and led to a me neither response. I've yet to encounter a font for the web that has a distinction between the uppercase letter O and the number 0. If such a font exist, which is it? My first

Re: [WSG] o 0

2006-03-03 Thread Christian Montoya
On 3/3/06, Chris Kennon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, A accessibility/usability quirk was posed to me and led to a me neither response. I've yet to encounter a font for the web that has a distinction between the uppercase letter O and the number 0. If such a font exist, which is it? If the

Re: [WSG] o 0

2006-03-03 Thread Lea de Groot
On 04/03/2006, at 1:51 PM, Christian Montoya wrote: If the concern is that the number 0 would be excused for the letter O in a block of text, I can see the issue, but I'm certain that English style manuals say that one digit numbers like 0 in sentences should be spelled out. My main bugbear

Re: [WSG] o 0

2006-03-03 Thread Paul Novitski
At 03:30 PM 3/3/2006, Chris Kennon wrote: A accessibility/usability quirk was posed to me and led to a me neither response. I've yet to encounter a font for the web that has a distinction between the uppercase letter O and the number 0. If such a font exist, which is it? Checking quickly:

Re: [WSG] o 0

2006-03-03 Thread Vicki Berry
Lea de Groot wrote: My main bugbear with such issues is things like Captchas. Captchas... argh! A web accessibility blight on the face of the earth. :-) My own main bugbear is in product serial numbers where there is a mixture of numbers and letters. It's all very well knowing that O

Re: [WSG] o 0

2006-03-03 Thread Joshua Street
On 3/4/06, Vicki Berry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My own main bugbear is in product serial numbers where there is a mixture of numbers and letters. It's all very well knowing that O is rounder than 0, but if you don't have one of each to compare, it can be very hit-and-miss. I'm sure there must