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Airbus B612 Cockpit Font

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181 points Bogdanp | 1 comments | 03 Sep 25 14:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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java-man ◴[03 Sep 25 15:18 UTC] No.45116823[source]▶
I don't understand why 0 and O look nearly identical.
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1. upofadown ◴[03 Sep 25 15:28 UTC] No.45116937[source]▶
Perhaps that sort of error is not a problem in this particular context. Adding slashes or dots makes the zero or oh look like an eight. This issue affected the design of the FE-Schrift font:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FE-Schrift#Development