Disambiguation evidence: confusable sets across the designspace, both polarities · ← all reports
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Frequently misrecognized character sets (Beier & Larson 2010; Rello & Baeza-Yates 2016) rendered live in the variable font at every weight/slant extreme, at display (40px) and code (13px) sizes. Both polarities shown — polarity measurably changes glance legibility (Sawyer et al. 2020).
| Set | Thin | Regular | ExtraBold | Thin It | Italic | XBold It |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 O ozero · cap O · lowercase o | 0 O o0 O o | 0 O o0 O o | 0 O o0 O o | 0 O o0 O o | 0 O o0 O o | 0 O o0 O o |
| 1 l I |one · lowercase L · cap i · bar | 1 l I |1 l I | | 1 l I |1 l I | | 1 l I |1 l I | | 1 l I |1 l I | | 1 l I |1 l I | | 1 l I |1 l I | |
| 5 S sfive · cap/lc S | 5 S s5 S s | 5 S s5 S s | 5 S s5 S s | 5 S s5 S s | 5 S s5 S s | 5 S s5 S s |
| 8 Beight · cap B | 8 B8 B | 8 B8 B | 8 B8 B | 8 B8 B | 8 B8 B | 8 B8 B |
| rn mr+n vs m | rn mrn m | rn mrn m | rn mrn m | rn mrn m | rn mrn m | rn mrn m |
| cl dc+l vs d | cl dcl d | cl dcl d | cl dcl d | cl dcl d | cl dcl d | cl dcl d |
| vv wv+v vs w | vv wvv w | vv wvv w | vv wvv w | vv wvv w | vv wvv w | vv wvv w |
| 2 Z ztwo · cap/lc Z | 2 Z z2 Z z | 2 Z z2 Z z | 2 Z z2 Z z | 2 Z z2 Z z | 2 Z z2 Z z | 2 Z z2 Z z |
| 6 b Gsix · b · cap G | 6 b G6 b G | 6 b G6 b G | 6 b G6 b G | 6 b G6 b G | 6 b G6 b G | 6 b G6 b G |
| 9 g qnine · g · q | 9 g q9 g q | 9 g q9 g q | 9 g q9 g q | 9 g q9 g q | 9 g q9 g q | 9 g q9 g q |
| ; : , .semicolon · colon · comma · period | ; : , .; : , . | ; : , .; : , . | ; : , .; : , . | ; : , .; : , . | ; : , .; : , . | ; : , .; : , . |
| ` ' "grave · quote · dblquote | ` ' "` ' " | ` ' "` ' " | ` ' "` ' " | ` ' "` ' " | ` ' "` ' " | ` ' "` ' " |
| ~ - – —tilde · hyphen · en · em | ~ - – —~ - – — | ~ - – —~ - – — | ~ - – —~ - – — | ~ - – —~ - – — | ~ - – —~ - – — | ~ - – —~ - – — |
| ( { [ <brackets | ( { [ <( { [ < | ( { [ <( { [ < | ( { [ <( { [ < | ( { [ <( { [ < | ( { [ <( { [ < | ( { [ <( { [ < |
| Set | Thin | Regular | ExtraBold | Thin It | Italic | XBold It |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 O ozero · cap O · lowercase o | 0 O o0 O o | 0 O o0 O o | 0 O o0 O o | 0 O o0 O o | 0 O o0 O o | 0 O o0 O o |
| 1 l I |one · lowercase L · cap i · bar | 1 l I |1 l I | | 1 l I |1 l I | | 1 l I |1 l I | | 1 l I |1 l I | | 1 l I |1 l I | | 1 l I |1 l I | |
| 5 S sfive · cap/lc S | 5 S s5 S s | 5 S s5 S s | 5 S s5 S s | 5 S s5 S s | 5 S s5 S s | 5 S s5 S s |
| 8 Beight · cap B | 8 B8 B | 8 B8 B | 8 B8 B | 8 B8 B | 8 B8 B | 8 B8 B |
| rn mr+n vs m | rn mrn m | rn mrn m | rn mrn m | rn mrn m | rn mrn m | rn mrn m |
| cl dc+l vs d | cl dcl d | cl dcl d | cl dcl d | cl dcl d | cl dcl d | cl dcl d |
| vv wv+v vs w | vv wvv w | vv wvv w | vv wvv w | vv wvv w | vv wvv w | vv wvv w |
| 2 Z ztwo · cap/lc Z | 2 Z z2 Z z | 2 Z z2 Z z | 2 Z z2 Z z | 2 Z z2 Z z | 2 Z z2 Z z | 2 Z z2 Z z |
| 6 b Gsix · b · cap G | 6 b G6 b G | 6 b G6 b G | 6 b G6 b G | 6 b G6 b G | 6 b G6 b G | 6 b G6 b G |
| 9 g qnine · g · q | 9 g q9 g q | 9 g q9 g q | 9 g q9 g q | 9 g q9 g q | 9 g q9 g q | 9 g q9 g q |
| ; : , .semicolon · colon · comma · period | ; : , .; : , . | ; : , .; : , . | ; : , .; : , . | ; : , .; : , . | ; : , .; : , . | ; : , .; : , . |
| ` ' "grave · quote · dblquote | ` ' "` ' " | ` ' "` ' " | ` ' "` ' " | ` ' "` ' " | ` ' "` ' " | ` ' "` ' " |
| ~ - – —tilde · hyphen · en · em | ~ - – —~ - – — | ~ - – —~ - – — | ~ - – —~ - – — | ~ - – —~ - – — | ~ - – —~ - – — | ~ - – —~ - – — |
| ( { [ <brackets | ( { [ <( { [ < | ( { [ <( { [ < | ( { [ <( { [ < | ( { [ <( { [ < | ( { [ <( { [ < | ( { [ <( { [ < |