On: Atkinson Hyperlegible Font

[quesera]

The header image on that site seems to show two font variants (slashed-zero and non-slashed) in a single display. This puzzles me!

[aftbit → quesera]

I see the slashed zero on the right, but I cannot find a way to get that out of the Google font display. Perhaps the slashed zero is actually a different font?

[jazzyjackson → aftbit]

Found a git issue that indicates the slashed 0 is in private use area of the font

https://github.com/polarsys/b612/issues/20#issuecomment-5448...

To answer the grandparent, unslashed 0s are used in numerical figures (speed, pressure) while slashed 0s are reserved for the alphanumeric figures (headings and other idenitifers)

[quesera → jazzyjackson]

I saw that usage pattern, but then noticed that zeroes in times are slashed.

So, "slashed in strings even if non-alpha, but non-slashed in numerics, and times are strings"? Seems viable enough, but I'd choose consistency instead. :)

[jazzyjackson → quesera]

I guess we'd have to get into whether clock time is ordinal or cardinal :^)