What other glyph ambiguities do you look out for on new fonts?
The hope is to add a stylistic set for character disambiguation to the font, which when enabled would enable graphic features on glyphs like upper-case "i" and lower-case "l", zero and "O", and so on. Tracked here: https://github.com/rsms/interface/issues/1
Though not abiguous in sharing the exact same shapes, many characters can share similar structures that (arguably; citation needed) can cause visual confusion. For example;
3 and 8 in a typeface like Helvetica are very similar. Opening the aperture of the 3 or using a form with a corner in the upper right can be observed in some UI typefaces.
The "single story a" can be an issue in typefaces that ise it, adding to the plethora of round forms (eopdqbc etc.). Breaking up the monotony of those shapes is also frequently advised.
"Tail-less" t and r in sans type can be problematic at small sizes.
Wish a slash like in my coding fonts was the norm in USA.
Damn, I never noticed that. Now I hate the typeface on my keycaps.
A slash or a dot in the middle would be nice.