Firacode: Switch to slashed zero by default

[tonsky]

It looks less like 8

[chillum]

err, I just got a 1.205 Fira Code and I reverted it to 1.204, it really has a better zero IMO (and never confused it with 8). I understand it correctly that if I want an old, dotted zero, I should stick to 1.204 and not update further?

[tonsky]

Yes. If you have control over OpenType features (e.g. in web-based editors via CSS), try enabling zero feature flag. E.g. in CSS

... { font-feature-settings: "zero"; }

[chillum]

in my case I have the OTF font in Mac and I use it in Terminal. not sure if I can tweak this.

[RobertBoganKang]

The new slashed 0 are great theoretically (angle and its thickness), however when I first look at it, I thought it looks ugly. The slash is so thin that it looks lack of unity.

[DL6AKU]

How can I get back the old dotted zero? Slashed zeros looks uneven when you have a lot of zeros next to each other (as often happens).

EDIT: I solved it for the time being by reverting to 1396d2ea82d4f88952f039d40aca72abb3deb9b5
But there should be some official way to get back the old zero. Something that works without CSS.

[tonsky]

Use 1.204 version

[DL6AKU]

Are you saying "legacy" users who are used to working with your font for months or years are basically out of luck and we can't use a new version of your font ever again?

Or are there plans for a reasonable way to have dotted and slashed zeros coexist? Like a "compile time switch" (I don't know if there's something like that for fonts) or a seperate git branch? Or maybe a variant like you did for Retina? I would wager there's more people that want a dotted zero than there are people with Retina displays.

[tonsky]

Retina is just another weight, nothing special about it (except the name). If I figure out eventually how to do per-user customization, I’ll bring zero back as an option

[DL6AKU]

Thank you, that is great news! It is very good to hear that you have something planned for long term time users (who liked the dotted zero). I am looking forward to hop back on to the master branch again to get your new goodies. Very excited for new features usually.