On 5/30/2017 12:56 PM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 30-5-2017 13:40, Bald Eagle wrote:
>> dick balaska <dic### [at] buckosoftcom> wrote:
>>
>>> I would never write a 0 without a slash, yet I accept this in my code
>>> editor? (I wouldn't write a 7 without a dash either, why isn't this in a
>>> font?)
>>
>> I was just about to chime in about the 7...   :D
>> I've been writing letters and numbers in consciously differentiable
>> form since
>> some time in high school.
>> And, while I spell some words like this: colour, I don't put a slash
>> through my
>> Z - it's "Zee", not "Zed".   Zed's dead, baby.
>>
>>
>> I've been using Consolas for at least a year, I was just wondering if
>> there was
>> something ... better, nicer, [insert your adjective describing
>> subjective value
>> judgement here].
>>
>
> I just "discovered" Consolas through this post and I must admit that it
> is a big improvement over Courier indeed. It is a very 'clear' font. I
> am going to stick with it for a while I guess.
>

I like and use Times New Roman. It has serifs and descenders which make 
it easy to read, for me.
Its numeral zero is thinner than its upper case O and is easy to 
distinguish. Again for me.
I would like a font with a crossed numeral 7 though.

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Regards
     Stephen

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