Re: "Intelligent" non-proportional font

[Richard Kaszeta]

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:

> Am 01.06.2005 um 12:01 schrieb Sébastien Vauban:
> 
> > Could someone tell me the name of an "intelligent" font,
> > i.e. (following my definition) a font where the number `1'
> > ("one") is differently written than the letter `l' ("elle")?
> 
> There are a few choices left:
> 
> Lucida Console
> Lucida Sans Typewriter (from Java Runtime Environment or SDK)

Careful with Lucida San Typewriter and Lucida Console, since most
versions of it I have the difference between O and 0 is too subtle to
be picked up out-of-context.  If the original poster is looked for 1/l
distinction, then that's probably an issue.

Not all implementations have this problem, but many do.

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Richard W Kaszeta
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