4.1 Beta 9: Help file font issue: Ctrl+0 (for zoom to fit) looks like Ctrl+o

Open the Help file and locate the line in the Windows Keyboard Shortcuts section about Ctrl+0 (zoom to fit). Notice that it looks like Ctrl+o. This is odd and would be confusing to people. What font has 0 looking like lower case o? Bad font! Do you have control over the font to fix it? We don't have any control in the UI over what font is used for UI elements such as the Help text, so it's not possible for the user to fix it, and it shouldn't look wrong by default anyway.

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Melissa Snyder

The original page it is compiled from has the number zero '0', not the lower case letter 'o', but that is indeed what it looks like. I'll look into it some more. Thanks.

Todd Phillips

What font has 0 looking like lower case o?

They're called "old-style numerals": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_numerals#Old-style_numerals

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/165392#Comment_165392

The original page it is compiled from has the number zero '0', not the lower case letter 'o', but that is indeed what it looks like. I'll look into it some more. Thanks.

It is actually a zero character, as you can tell if you copy it and paste it into Word and change the font to something else. Todd is right, it's probably an "old style numeral" in that font. But it doesn't belong in a Help file where it could be confused for a lower-case o because it's not in the context of other numerals.

It is an unfortunate font choice. Perhaps it could be ameliorated by spelling it out as "Ctrl+o (zero)"

Melissa Snyder

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/165395#Comment_165395

It is an unfortunate font choice. Perhaps it could be ameliorated by spelling it out as "Ctrl+o (zero)"

If the font isn't changed, that will have to be the workaround. )

Todd Phillips

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/165395#Comment_165395

It is an unfortunate font choice. Perhaps it could be ameliorated by spelling it out as "Ctrl+o (zero)"

Many times the same font will have both old-style and regular numerals available.

I think this is the case with the UI font, as can be seen here:

So I bet it can be fixed without changing the font.

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/165398#Comment_165398

Many times the same font will have both old-style and regular numerals available.

Yeah, I'd noticed that before when you switch back and forth between edit mode and display mode for the name of a Highlighting style. In edit mode, it uses the full-sized numerals, and in display mode it uses the old-style numerals.

It struck me as kind of odd, but not enough to report as a problem. However the Ctrl+o in the Help file is a problem.