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		koshak on Dec 27, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: lsix: ls for images Every time I see the word beginning from sumbol "l" I can’t tell whether it is "l" or "I" The only font designers who care about clear distinction of symbols are those who create fonts for coders Simple clarity test: Il10O All 5 chars should have clear distinction. Otherwise the font is shit.

y4mi on Dec 27, 2018 [–]

often, you can clearly distinguish them from each other... but still don't know which is which.

though i admit, that its become pretty normal for the I to be smaller than the l and the O to be rounder than the 0.

I'd prefer that to be even clearer. I.e. a point in the Zero or rounding the ends of the small L

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