[COFF] On having a slash

[Paul Palmer]

Did anyone ever find a font with these characters? Preferably one I can use
with TeX.

Thanks

On Mon, Apr 13, 2020, 4:01 AM Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org wrote:

> Way back then, when dinosaurs strode the earth and System/360 reigned
> supreme, we were taught to slash our zeros and sevens (can't quite find
> the glyphs for them right now) in order to distinguish them from Oscars
> and Ones for the benefit of the keypunch girls (yes, really; I had the
> hots for one of them at one time, but someone else took her) on those
> green sheets.
>
> In the time-mean I also saw a slash through "Z" (Zulu, Zed, Zee) in order
> to distinguish it from a "2" (FIGURES TWO); WTF?  And you *never* slashed
> your ones, lest thou ended up with the contents of an 029 chad-box over
> thine head...
>
> These days, I merely slash my sevens by habit and it doesn't even raise an
> eyebrow; even Oz Pigeon Post's mail mangler seems to accept it[*].
>
> What're other bods' experiences?
>
> [*]
> Don't even mention Redfern, OK?  Just don't...  And as for getting off at
> Redfern, well, I did a few times when I had a contract job around there.
>
> -- Dave, bored at home
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