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Subject: Just a small request.

I am a Floodian

1. Main point
If we ever do get a new hotness, would it be possible that makes it easier to tell the difference between the following three letters without having to start at them too closely?

Iil (Capital i, lower-case i, lower-case l)




For fun: count the lower case i and lower case l letters in the following line.

iillilililiililliliillilllillillil




The answer?
I got 19 letter l, and 15 letter I.

2. Secondary Point (that I totally wasn't wrong about, at all)
Also, could it be possible to make it so that more symbols are allowed: such as

=/=
> or =
< or =
cents
pounds (money)
degrees
Euro
plus or minus
elipses
check marks
The slightly slanted apostrophe so when I copy-pasta something that I type on word, I don't have to run it through CAVX's (awesome) unicode filter.







[Edited on 07.25.2012 11:26 PM PDT]

  • 07.25.2012 11:07 PM PDT

A lot of those symbols are allowed.

£ © ¢ « ± »

for example.

[Edited on 07.25.2012 11:10 PM PDT]

  • 07.25.2012 11:09 PM PDT
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Great ideas

  • 07.25.2012 11:09 PM PDT

Key

¢ = cent

£ = pound

º = degrees

± = plus or minus

  • 07.25.2012 11:10 PM PDT

Posted by: squirrel dude
=/=
> or =
< or =

!=
>=
<=

Hooray C++!

Though on the topic of the entire Il thing, I can see why you would want to fix that (there was once a hyiebos in the past), but I do find it mildly amusing.

[Edited on 07.26.2012 12:25 AM PDT]

  • 07.25.2012 11:11 PM PDT

I am a Floodian


Posted by: LordOfBlah51
A lot of those symbols are allowed.

£ © ¢ « ± »

for example.
oh hey, coo.

  • 07.25.2012 11:11 PM PDT
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Edit: Haha, I was too late.
Posted by: LordOfBlah51
£ © ¢ « ± »


[Edited on 07.25.2012 11:14 PM PDT]

  • 07.25.2012 11:12 PM PDT

I am a Floodian

Posted by: Izak609
Edit: Haha, I was too late.
Posted by: LordOfBlah51
£ © ¢ « ± »
You were just off by that much.

  • 07.25.2012 11:17 PM PDT

Key

Thanks to ctjl, I have a list of characters you can use.

Basic Latin Characters

and

Latin-1 Supplement

You cannot use:

Latin Extended-A

or

Latin Extended-B

That's why it says "your text is using extended characters" when you try to put any of those in. Because they're in the two extended sets (or any of the other ones in that drop-down menu in the top right).

[Edited on 07.25.2012 11:18 PM PDT]

  • 07.25.2012 11:18 PM PDT

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How about this ones?

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  • 07.25.2012 11:19 PM PDT

I just want that "this text contains extended characters that are not allowed" thing fixed. I hate having to use a tool on another site to fix that.

  • 07.25.2012 11:30 PM PDT

What you're asking for is a serif font, which are characters with the "tails" as opposed to a "sans-serif" font (without the tails).

Here's a possible example what you're wanting.

  • 07.25.2012 11:33 PM PDT


Posted by: dazarobbo
What you're asking for is a serif font, which are characters with the "tails" as opposed to a "sans-serif" font (without the tails).

Here's a possible example what you're wanting.


Serifs might make longer posts easier to read as well.

  • 07.25.2012 11:45 PM PDT

I am a Floodian


Posted by: dazarobbo
What you're asking for is a serif font, which are characters with the "tails" as opposed to a "sans-serif" font (without the tails).

Here's a possible example what you're wanting.
Oh god, that font is so ugly.

But yea, that's what I want. Well, not that, but that.

  • 07.25.2012 11:45 PM PDT

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Oh god, I don't know if I could handle Serif font here on Bungie. I know it makes it easier on your eyes since you have that bottom line to follow, but I'm just so used to what we have now.

  • 07.25.2012 11:55 PM PDT
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Honestly, I don't find anything about our current font particularly difficult to read. Yes, capital I's and lower case L's look the same, but I honestly can't remember having any troubles with it.

  • 07.25.2012 11:57 PM PDT

Posted by: coolmike699
Serifs might make longer posts easier to read as well.
If the web team wants to make longer posts easier to read, they need only enable double spacing after sentences. I continue to do it out of habit even though Bungie.net truncates it down to a single space, because it's the right thing to do.

  • 07.26.2012 12:04 AM PDT

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Posted by: dazarobbo
Here's a possible example what you're wanting.


Serif fonts would be great on this site. They make text so much easier to read quickly. I think/hope dazarobbo was using an extreme example to make the difference clear, and not proposing that actual font.

A serif font that is probably more familiar is Times New Roman. For a smoother example, here is an example of the serif font I use all the time.

  • 07.26.2012 12:06 AM PDT

Ugh...

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Ehhh, I like the font.

  • 07.26.2012 12:10 AM PDT

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They should listen to Squirrel Dude, he's a veteran of this site.

§ and ± are allowed.

  • 07.26.2012 12:20 AM PDT

I am a Floodian

Posted by: thenewxegk
he's a veteran of this site.[quote][quote]§ and ± are allowed.
Clearly >.>



Edit: You know what, I thought about fixing it, but I think it's even funnier broken.

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  • 07.26.2012 12:44 AM PDT
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Just underline them, it gets the point across

  • 07.26.2012 1:35 AM PDT

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  • 07.26.2012 1:38 AM PDT
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Posted by: dmg04
>
<

Just underline them, it gets the point across

Did you come up with that?

Pretty dang clever...

  • 07.26.2012 1:39 AM PDT

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My god I have to agree. I feel like I'm blind or something because I concentrate so damn hard just to read the word.

  • 07.26.2012 1:41 AM PDT

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