Towards standards for handwritten zero and oh: much ado about nothing (and a letter), or a partial dossier on distinguishing between handwritten zero and oh

@article{Bemer1967TowardsSF,
  title={Towards standards for handwritten zero and oh: much ado about nothing (and a letter), or a partial dossier on distinguishing between handwritten zero and oh},
  author={Robert W. Bemer},
  journal={Commun. ACM},
  year={1967},
  volume={10},
  pages={513-518}
}
  • R. W. Bemer
  • Published 1 August 1967
  • Computer Science
  • Commun. ACM
The Chairman of the ACM Standards Committee, Julien Green, has charged me with making “more effective use of CACM for communication … to get grass-roots opinions from the ACM membership.” This paper is the first attempt. A partial dossier on distinguishing between handwritten zero and the letter oh is assembled here. This presentation was triggered by a request for guidance in this matter presented by the United Kingdom Delegation to ISO/TC97/SC2, Character Sets and Coding, at the meeting in… 
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