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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007Easily confused numbers and alphabet
are there exist a list of Easily confused numbers vs alphabet or alphabet vs alphabet? such as 1 vs I l(L) vs I 2 vs Z 5 vs S ? >are there exist a list of Easily confused numbers vs alphabet or >alphabet vs alphabet? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >2 vs Z >5 vs S Yes, particularly with certain fonts in GUIs.  SignatureSteve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk Steve Hayes 寫道： > >are there exist a list of Easily confused numbers vs alphabet or > >alphabet vs alphabet? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/stevesig.htm > E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk any links I can find those list or information? thanks. > Steve Hayes 寫道： > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > any links I can find those list or information? > thanks. You seem to have started your own list very successfully, so it shouldn't be difficult to complete it. Or have I not understood your request properly? SignatureMike. > are there exist a list of Easily confused numbers vs alphabet or > alphabet vs alphabet? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > 2 vs Z > 5 vs S Presumably the aim of the most ambitious typographic designers is to reduce this list to zero by creating letters (or numerals) that cannot possibly be confused for numerals (or letters.) I am uncertain whether this means everyone ought to cross their numeral sevens or the French ought to give up doing so . . . SignatureDon Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) The Don Phillipson entity posted thusly: >> are there exist a list of Easily confused numbers vs alphabet or >> alphabet vs alphabet? [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >everyone ought to cross their numeral sevens >or the French ought to give up doing so . . . They should just stop writing a "1" as if it were a "7", innit? It has always seemed odd to me that written language should have any ambiguities inherent in the normal, accepted, and school-taught characters. I guess I can understand the need for early typewriters to make the lower-case "L" do for the numeral "1", in order to save a key and all its associated design work and mechanical parts, but why on Earth would the designers of a computer font have carried that over into such abominations as "Courier"? I mean, it's not as if you use the same ASCII code for both characters. The mention of a "2"-looking capital "Q" brings back memories of elementary school, where I had more than a few arguments about how a capital "Q" _should_ be written. I have never written them that way when I was not forced to by teachers. > are there exist a list of Easily confused numbers vs alphabet or > alphabet vs alphabet? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > 2 vs Z > 5 vs S The only ones I occasionally find confusing are 1/l and 0/O, depending on the font. With handwriting, there is more possibility for confusion - have you seen the capital Q, that some people write rather like a 2? SignatureRob Bannister >> are there exist a list of Easily confused numbers vs alphabet or >> alphabet vs alphabet? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >on the font. With handwriting, there is more possibility for confusion - >have you seen the capital Q, that some people write rather like a 2? The Guardian still makes both the 0/O and 1/l errors quite frequently. I got my brother's post code from my parents before Christmas and the post office said it didn't exist. Somewhere along the line, a parent had misread an R as a Q. SignatureLinz Wet Yorks via Cambridge, York, London and Watford My accent may vary howa filted: >are there exist a list of Easily confused numbers vs alphabet or >alphabet vs alphabet? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >? This table may be useful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet#Common_transliterations ....r Signature"Keep your eye on the Bishop. I want to know when he makes his move", said the Inspector, obliquely. R H Draney 寫道： > howa filted: > > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > "Keep your eye on the Bishop. I want to know when > he makes his move", said the Inspector, obliquely. that's what i want thanks!!! In alt.usage.english, R H Draney wrote: >This table may be useful: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet#Common_transliterations Fascinating reading. 1 ]|_|57 |_34|2/\/3|) \/\/|-|47 1337 /\/\34/\/5. SignatureMike Barnes Cheshire, England > In alt.usage.english, R H Draney wrote: >>This table may be useful: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > 1 ]|_|57 |_34|2/\/3|) \/\/|-|47 1337 /\/\34/\/5. As if the English were't alread sufficiently given to irony, now this! SignatureRoland Hutchinson Will play viola da gamba for food. NB mail to my.spamtrap [at] verizon.net is heavily filtered to remove spam. If your message looks like spam I may not see it. |
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