[CQ-Contest] Slashed Zero Fonts: DO NOT DO THIS!!!!

Radio K0HB kzerohb at gmail.com
Sat Aug 28 07:19:47 PDT 2010


If the font represents numeric zero with a slash (as in any of the examples 
at http://www.k8zt.com/zero.html) they are perfectly fine for logging 
purposes.

The problem arises when folks attempt to "homebrew" a slashed zero with 
<alt-0216>.

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KR2Q wrote:

> While a slashed zero (Ø) may look pretty, logging software does not 
> recognize Ø as a zero.
 



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