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

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 is

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: Ar

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 wit

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?

Re: [WSG] o & 0

2006-03-03 Thread Stephen Stagg
On 4 Mar 2006, at 02:02, James Bennett wrote: 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.

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 firs

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

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 capit

Re: [WSG] o & 0

2006-03-03 Thread Jens Brueckmann
> 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? Distinction - in which way? Have a look at Arial, uppercase letter O is nearly round while number 0 is distinctly oval. Cheers, jens -- Jens Brueckmann http://www

[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