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Subject:Re: Small L and Number1 From:"Brian, Flaherty" <bflaher -at- INDCON -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 5 Jun 1998 10:53:47 -0400
Experiment with different fonts. I found that Courier (Courier New) and
Arial, for example, provide a clearer distinction between the number "1"
and lowercase "l".
Brian Flaherty
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> From: Jennifer Hines[SMTP:jenn -at- NDIGITAL -dot- COM]
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> Subject: Small L and Number1
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> Hi everyone,
> I have to apologize if this question has already been addressed, but I
> couldn't
> find anything in the archives.
> Anyway, here is my problem:
> Currently I am working on a manual that requires examples of
> path names (variable declarations) that are case sensitive.
> One particular path name includes a lower case L. When reading the
> path
> name it is hard to tell wether the lower case L is an L or the number
> 1.
> Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can make it clear to my
> readers
> that it is in fact a lower case L?
> Thanks a bundle,
> Jenn
>
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