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I'd be interested to read more on what makes it particularly well-suited for impaired vision.

Unlike Comic Sans, which is noticeably distinct almost to the point of being displeasing, this just looks like a relatively standard sans-serif typeface.



It doesn't need to be noticeably distinct from other fonts, it needs to be legible - each glyph needs to be clearly distinct from every other glyph, and still recognizable when blurry.

That said, IMO, it fails the 0/O usecase, though it passes the 1/I/l usecase.


Could you fix it with a dotted 0?


Dotted or slashed, yup.


Please don't use slashed O because then it is hard to distinguish the Norwegian/Danish character:

"Ø (or minuscule: ø) is a vowel and a letter used in the Danish, Norwegian, Faroese, and Southern Sami languages. It is mostly used as a representation of mid front rounded vowels, such as [ø] and [œ], except for Southern Sámi where it is used as an [oe] diphthong."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98




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