Numberplate Font - difference between 0 (zero) and O

[philmots]

Quick question. My new numberplate has the number 0 followed by letter O, but they're exactly the same shape letter/number...

Is there actually a difference in the Charles Wright font?

[TooMany2cvs]

philmots said:

Quick question. My new numberplate has the number 0 followed by letter O, but they're exactly the same shape letter/number...

Is there actually a difference in the Charles Wright font?

Doesn't look like it.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...
(page 9)

There's not much scope for confusion, though.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

No there isn't any difference. DVLA admit this is a big problem and wasn't thought thru properly.

It causes huge confusion when people are paying congestion/DART charges. Loads of people have no idea or interest in the number plate system so do not know if a zero is an O or visa versa. And why should they?

Especially when they fall next to each other, as in RO09. How many people know or care if it's ROO9, R009, R0O9 or RO09.

[philmots]

Thanks for that, I did Google for a good 5 minutes before posting but drew blank.

I suppose as that says every character apart from 1 and I has to be a certain height and width, so I don't suppose O and 0 can be any different.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

philmots said:

Thanks for that, I did Google for a good 5 minutes before posting but drew blank.

I suppose as that says every character apart from 1 and I has to be a certain height and width, so I don't suppose O and 0 can be any different.

They could have not used O at all, or put a diagonal line thru zero.

[philmots]

Mine is.. X10 OXX (X being a variable)

I never gave it a moments thought until I looked at the new plates, just wanted to double check before asign it to the car.

Thanks

[saaby93]

TooMany2cvs said:

Doesn't look like it.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...
(page 9)

There's not much scope for confusion, though.

That pages also says

Characters (except the number 1 or letter I) must be 50mm wide

Yet there is no letter I in the shown font

[Voxster]

Just picking up on this as I've just bought a bike with the reg OO09 GSA..... HPI check was clear, and V5 is all good?

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Voxster said:

Just picking up on this as I've just bought a bike with the reg OO09 GSA..... HPI check was clear, and V5 is all good?

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