Actually, in some fonts, an uppercase i a lower case L and the number 1
can be identical, a simple vertical stroke. In others italics, it can
also be confused with a forward slash.
As I said, it is why I proof in Times New Roman.
Valerie
On Apr 11, 2010, at 12:55 PM, Roger Loran Bailey wrote:
> Like I said, if a sighted person cannot tell the difference between a 1
and an I or a O and a 0 then that sighted person is not as sighted as he
or she thinks and probably needs glasses.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Smith" <mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 10:50 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question for sighted volunteers
>
>
>> Well, I actually did know that they looked similar, but I guess what I
>> was really asking was how can a sighted volunteer tell one from the
>> other. So that we can get books that sound good as well as look good.
>> For instance, I'll use the word off as an example. It would be read as
>> follows zero-f-f. If you were reading it in Braille, you would have a
>> number sign, followed by the 0, followed by a symbol telling you that
>> you're switching back to alpha characters and the the ff. So, you can
>> see that it would be very distracting. So, is the only way for a sighted
>> volunteer to tell the difference by doing a search for the offending
>> characters, or is there a font that can show the difference? If there is
>> a font that shows the difference, perhaps the sighted volunteer, or
>> outsourcer, should use that font to proof, then change to one of the
>> recommended fonts after everything is completed.
>>
>> Melissa Smith
>>
>>
>> On 4/11/2010 9:27 AM, Jamie Yates, CPhT wrote:
>>> Hi Melissa, yes, the number 1 and the capital letter I in print are
>>> very similar. It's a common scanning error I get so I try to do a
>>> search for 1 space and space 1 to see if I got any of them so I can
>>> fix them before I submit.
>>>
>>> And almost ALWAYS if there is a phrase like "O Lord" or something
>>> else where the O is all by itself I get a 0 instead. They are bot a
>>> circle, sort of. The ones and I's are both straight lines.
>>>
>>> The other common scanning error I see is urn for um as the lower case
>>> r and n run together looks like a small letter m. Same with die for
>>> the. This is a little more far reaching but if the print quality of
>>> the book is poor or the scanner didn't press down on the book hard
>>> enough the t seems to scan as a d with part of the h blending to the
>>> t to "close up" the t to make it a d and then what's left of the h
>>> scans as a lowercase i.
>>>
>>> Without being able to actually see the letters I know this probably
>>> makes no sense at all but just know you're correct in your guess that
>>> they look alike, the 1 and the I and the 0 and the O.
>>>
>>> -- Jamie in Michigan
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