Slash Zero

[SPK JAARS]

Whats the command to type a slash zero (number)?

[Barb Binder]

Sue: I am always happy to help. And thank you for cycling back to add your solution to this thread. It will help others in the future, which is what the commnunity forums are all about. 

~Barb.

[pixxxelschubser]

To add to the confusion - which sign was it exactly?

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

None of the above, sort of. Either the zero glyph in a font has a slash (or dot), or it doesn't. Any alternate character, which seems to be a rarity, would be just a meaningless glyph without the numeric value of "zero."

So if you want a true slashed zero, you have to use one of the fonts that slashes its zero. No confusion there at all.

[pixxxelschubser]

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By @pixxxelschubser

Thanks.

So really about the "real slashed (number) zero". In my screenshot it is the 4th character from the right.

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

Yes, but only because that's a monospaced font with a slashed zero. Map over the font, and the slash will vanish.

Except that (just to compound the confusion) — Consolas seems to have all variant zeros:

I'm going to go lie down in a dark quiet room now.

Too late. I had to look. As the Adobe employee answer of 2017 notes... all or most OpenType fonts (including for example, Minion Pro, shown below) have that spread of alternate zeroes. So for ID users, it's trivial. For Word users... well, another reason to join the big leagues. 🙂

[pixxxelschubser]

Then I'll just switch to OCR-A

🙂

[Sue5181]

@pixxxelschubser 

I hope I'm understanding and addressing your question with the attachment.

Use of my solution in other contexts may not meet user needs, but it meets mine because I don't need the zero to function as an integer in a methematical calculation.

Sue

[Sue5181]

I realized my last sentence doesn't make sense and I cannot edit it.

I should have said that use of my solution (Consolas font and typing a zero character) works in contexts that require mathematical calculations (because it is a zero) but the "Use Insert | Symbol" method doesn't because it's a letter of the Latin alphabet and has no mathematical value.

[pixxxelschubser]

Yes.
It is always better to use the right character. In InDesign a grep style helps, in Word and Excel conditional formatting simplifies the process.