On 01/03/2017 02:21 PM, MJC wrote:

Like a barred z comes from maths background, the slashed zero is
pretty universal

I thought that decades ago Microsoft had a convention of slashing an oh
to distinguish from zero (while others did the inverse). Maybe they had
to fall in line, for once!

Is it Norwegian that has a slashed oh? Having a slashed zero (although
that is what I often write) could be confusing.

Perce