Cem K.
Giving a Pi Zero to first person who can tell me which of these are "zero"s, and which are the "letter O".
#typography #mediumdotcom https://mastodon.social/media/C99XboSkb73CGVS90fE
May 9, 2017 at 7:14amWeb
Show threadCem K.May 9, 2017
BTW, I've cut and pasted, played around in Sketch, etc. They are the exactly same glyphs. Honestly, don't bother.
Show threaddjrMay 9, 2017
@cemk trick question they're all degree symbols
Show threadCem K.May 9, 2017

@djr lol I wish.

I was trying to mention a HN comment[1] in a post, and "P@ssw0rd" seemed suspiciously like "P@ssword".

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14243619

Show threadVexeliusMay 9, 2017

@cemk Indeed, the glyph is the same but there might be a way to differentiate between zeros and O's : Spacing.

I miss the old days, when zeros featured a slash...

Show threadCem K.May 11, 2017
@Vexelius You're right, spacing does change; numbers are slightly further apart than letters.
You can only fit 15.5 zero's to the same width that can contain 16 letter O's.
Still, when you mix 'em up, it gets very very difficult to differentiate, as is in my example. https://mastodon.social/media/b8n47-GeMr7KpPRCvHo