[Dx4win] Slashed Zeros

[Kjell W. Strom]

Consolas is a neat font with true slashed zero, ASC(48). I seem
to remember that it was installed by MS Visual Studio.

You can download an assortment of other such fonts from 
http://www.wm8c.com/slashed_zero_fonts.htm 

Kjell, PB3SM - SM6CPI
 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim
Reisert AD1C
> Sent: 22 March 2011 20:55
> To: wb2aiv at verizon.net
> Cc: Dx4win at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Slashed Zeros
> 
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 11:54 AM, wb2aiv Bill 
> <wb2aiv at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> > For more info on the use of 'slashed zeros' see "The Story 
> of Zero" at 
> > http://www.ae7q.net/text/Zero.php .  I've used the "slashed 
> zero Arial"
> > font on DX4Win and in excel spreadsheets (where it 
> calculates properly 
> > as 'zero', not as a Greek (or whatever) symbol).  It's also 
> good for 
> > Word newsletters, etc.
> 
> Slashed 0 is fine as long as it used for display purposes 
> only.  The Consolas font I use for DX4WIN displays the 0's 
> with a slash.
> However, writing a slash-0 to an ADIF file (which this case 
> was) is a no-no.  It's possible that the software that 
> generated the ADIF file allowed you to log a callsign and 
> type in a slash-0 for the 0.  Either way, not good.
> 
> - Jim
> 
> --
> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, 
> http://www.ad1c.us 
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