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The following image shows two ways of writing "2009" in Adobe Garamond Pro:

2009

The first one is standard 12pt. In the second "2009," the zeros are written with this command:

\newcommand{\zero}{{\fontsize{12.8}{\baselineskip}\selectfont o}}

i.e., using a slightly larger "o" instead of "0." Obviously doing this manually is of the question. Is there a way to automatically use this "o" instead of a "0" everywhere? A way which works for all sizes would be preferred.

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    Not an answer, I'm afraid, but do you really want to second-guess your font designer like this? Jul 15, 2012 at 19:25
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    I'll second Brent's concern. Moreover, the tilt axis of the lowercase "o" appears to be quite different from that of the "oldstyle" numerals "2" and "9". Attentive readers will likely be distracted and/or discombobulated by a replacement of old-style-"0" with (suitably-enlarged) lowercase-"o" in numbers.
    – Mico
    Jul 15, 2012 at 19:51
  • I think you're right. The lowercase "o" is not optimal. Even so, I'd like my question answered out of curiosity. Learning new tricks is nice.
    – Ben
    Jul 20, 2012 at 3:00

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