From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF85B138A1A for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2015 22:40:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E4F6DE0B7D; Mon, 9 Feb 2015 22:40:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C1680E0B3B for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2015 22:40:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC6E0340676 for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2015 22:40:22 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0.244 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.244 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.246, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=1.2, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id SmU_5tYap2K0 for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2015 22:40:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0CA2C3404A5 for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2015 22:40:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YKx00-00051v-MQ for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:40:12 +0100 Received: from 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net ([67.130.15.94]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:40:12 +0100 Received: from grant.b.edwards by 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 09 Feb 2015 23:40:12 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Making a new frame-buffer console font Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 22:40:05 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <3944562.GxCy2uQorQ@wstn> <1501018.QepE5fjqhW@wstn> <20150208011658.192f97cd@hal9000.localdomain> <474465484.ZkdgeStGM2@wstn> <20150208110047.38a63be8@digimed.co.uk> <54D764DB.408@gmail.com> <20150208173133.08b943b7@hal9000.localdomain> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 99a10133-a446-430b-a77b-e397b3ad87ae X-Archives-Hash: 450d9986c22b39a43ca8dc87ffb61a55 On 2015-02-08, wrote: > Am Sonntag, 08.02.2015 um 15:30 > schrieb Alan McKinnon : > >> On 08/02/2015 13:00, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> > On Sun, 08 Feb 2015 09:33:59 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> > >> >>> I don't know what you mean with oblique stroke. Do you mean the >> >>> slash through the letter zero? Anyway, I don't know how to remove >> >>> it. >> > >> >> I've always been puzzled by that form of zero, and recently since >> >> it started causing me difficulty I've come to loathe it. :-( >> > >> > It dates back to the days when fonts were much coarser and it was >> > the only reliable way to distinguish between a zero and a capital >> > o. Less useful nowadays and many fonts no longer use it. >> > >> > >> >> >> I actively seek out and use fonts with a stroked zero (or at least >> with a dot in the middle of the zero. I can never remember if the >> digit is the fat one or the thin one > > It's the same with me. :-) Me too. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! My mind is a potato at field ... gmail.com