Member gby… Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 I am looking for a (hopefully free) TrueType or other Windows compatible face where there is no ambiguity in character appearance. All I need are the upper case, lower case, and numbers. In particular, O, 0; 1, l, I; 2, Z; 5, S. I have no preference for serif vs. non-serif. I'd PREFER that 0 and Z be slashed, and S have extended serif-like "extensions". The closest I've found is Tahoma in the Windows standard fonts. What are others I should look at and from what sources? Link to comment
Ralf Herrmann Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, gbynum said: I am looking for a (hopefully free) TrueType or other Windows compatible face where there is no ambiguity in character appearance. To do what? It would really help knowing the answer to that. Link to comment
Member Ric… Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 26 minutes ago, gbynum said: face where there is no ambiguity in character appearance. That is typical feature in typefaces designed for coding. Link to comment
Member gby… Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 I'm a retired engineer who is frustrated with ambiguity. My first task will be a file of my various passwords for my wife to have if I die before her. I'll probably use it in various Office (Libre and MS) applications. Link to comment
Member gby… Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 Riccardo, I agree that is a typical application for my wishes. The dozen or so that pop up in your link meet some of my wishes, but none slash the Z and only 1 slashes the 0 ... although the center dot is sufficient. Also, none gives the "tails" on S to minimize confusion with 5. Think of algebraic equations 2Z+5S where handwritten looks somewhat like 22+55 for example. Link to comment
Member oob… Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Maybe Gintronic by Mark Frömberg, sold via https://bboxtype.com/typefaces/Gintronic/#!layout=specimen 1 Link to comment
Member Ric… Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 2 hours ago, gbynum said: none slash the Z and only 1 slashes the 0 I count at least four slashed zeroes, and in some cases (most notably Input), you can choose between dotted or slashed zero versions. Anonymous also has a seriffed |S|. Not in the list, but perhaps of interest: PT Mono. As for slashed |Z|, unfortunately I can’t recall any non-calligraphic typeface with such a feature. Link to comment
Member gby… Posted April 11, 2019 Author Share Posted April 11, 2019 Thanks for all of the input. I'm going to stick with Tahoma which meets 99% of my wants and is almosy universally supported. Link to comment
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