Consolas does a pretty good job of distinguishing between l and 1 (as well as 0 and O).
> From: Yuvaraj Athur Raghuvir > > Actually why I thought that was interesting is because > ll (ll) > l1 (l1) > look quite indistinguishable in Courier Font in the J session. I hoped > that > with Italic-letter + Regular-Digit (as below) > *ll > l*1* > * the distinction is clearer. > > Any case , after experimenting with all italics, I am back to regular > Courier New for my J session font. > > > > > > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 9:33 PM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I believe that "The Design of J", if it had been written, > > would have frowned on such font tricks, having learned > > from the bitter experience with the special characters > > in APL. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Yuvaraj Athur Raghuvir <[email protected]> > > Date: Friday, May 29, 2009 20:55 > > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Italic Fonts? > > To: Programming forum <[email protected]> > > > > > Yes, that works. > > > > > > 1) when choosing the font from the font chooser, the resultant > > > string is: > > > "Courier New" 9 italic > > > 2) Just moving the italic word inside the quotes works! > > > "Courier New italic" 9 > > > > > > Looks like this is a small correction is required when the > > > string is set on > > > the edit field. > > > > > > Now, I have the next issue : to be in sync with the APL > > > proposal, I guess I > > > need > > > - Letters to be italic > > > - Digits to be regular > > > - Graphics to be regular > > > > > > The current proposal makes all characters italic. > > > > > > Is it possible to set the fonts for all characters in J that are > > > inline with > > > what I read in 'The Design of APL'? > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > Yuva > > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Henry Rich > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > 'italic', not 'italics' > > > > > > > > I just set my font to > > > > > > > > "Courier New italic" 8 > > > > > > > > successfully. > > > > > > > > Henry Rich > > > > > > > > Yuvaraj Athur Raghuvir wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > When reading through 'The Design of APL' I came across this: > > > > > " Italics were initially favored because of their common use > > > for denoting > > > > > variables in mathematics, but were finally chosen primarily > > > because they > > > > > distinguished the letter *O* from the digit 0 and letters > > > like *L*, > > > > > and *T *from the graphic symbols (paste does not work for > > > the symbols)" > > > > > > > > > > So, I thought that was a cool idea and wanted to set > > > the fonts on my J > > > > to > > > > > italics. > > > > > > > > > > But this does not work!! Any clues? > > > > > > > > > > 'Bold' works but not 'italics'. > > > > > > > > > > I am running J602a on Windows XP 32. > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Yuva > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
