Another nit

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Date: Fri, 12 Nov 93 09:06:13 EST
From: starnet!apple!trantor.harris-atd.com!chuck (Chuck Musciano)
To: zoomer-list-1993@grot.starconn.com
Subject: Another nit
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     A small bother: when entering text in the little popup window widget,
the font used for the text has identical glyphs for O and 0 (that's capital
Oh and zero).  Since this is a very common HWR error, I almost always wind
up with zeros when I want ohs, and vice versa.  The only way to detect the
problem is to tap OK, look at the text in the other view (where the ohs are
very round, and the zeros are tall and skinny) and then go back and fix things.
Tedious, at best.

     Also, what is the HWR's fascination with "4".  It turns more things into
a 4 than you can imagine.  Some tuning needs to be done here.  A good general
rule: the number 4 rarely appears in the middle of a word.  T's and K's,
in particular, turn into 4 with alarming regularity.

Chuck Musciano