> Try the Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, or the Onuava font
> (http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/scriptorium/onuava/) for example.
> Some fonts identify zeros with a dot in the center, but even they
> too might be hard to read in the heat of a contest. The Ornuva's
> zero's appendage is somewhere between a slash and a dot :-)
>
> (http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/Onuava.htm)
>
In the Windows world, Microsoft's Consolas font (typeface) works
very well. It is a monospaced, slashed zero typeface perfect for
use with logging software and digital programs. Look carefully,
as you can usually find Consolas available as a free add-on for
various Microsoft applications.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 7/17/2011 3:37 PM, Kok Chen wrote:
>
> On Jul 17, 2011, at 11:49 AM, iw1ayd wrote:
>
>> Much better with the slashed zero font, if it could get here, then you
>> will see a Oscar for the first and a Zero for the second call received on
>> the
>> fourth line ...
>
>
> You might be able to find a font that has a slash through the zero.
>
> Try the Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, or the Onuava font
> (http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/scriptorium/onuava/) for example. Some fonts
> identify zeros with a dot in the center, but even they too might be hard to
> read in the heat of a contest. The Ornuva's zero's appendage is somewhere
> between a slash and a dot :-)
>
> (http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/Onuava.htm)
>
> On the current Mac OS X, both the Monaco and the Osaka Regular-Mono that
> ships standard with the OS are mono-spaced fonts with a slashed zero.
>
> Many fonts do not have a slashed zero. Because of that, cocoaModem provides
> an option to convert zeros upon reception to display the Unicode 216 (usually
> ASCII 175 decimal) on the screen. Unicode calls this the "Latin Capital
> Letter O with Stroke" (see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ø;).
>
> The reason I had included that function is because my favorite font to use on
> digital modes is Adobe's Tekton Oblique, and that font does not have a
> slashed zero. However, its Scandinavian slashed O looks very nice.
> (http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/detail.htm?productid=49185)
>
> For that matter, Ornuva font also has a nice Scandinavian slashed-O.
>
> You might check if your software can do this character substitution for you.
> If not, it is a function that should be trivial for the developer to add.
>
> Just be sure that when you click on the word on the screen, the program will
> also convert it back to a true zero before transmitting :-).
>
> 73
> Chen, W7AY
>
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