Font Choice

madra

I can't believe that, four versions in and amidst all the fanfare about the new bells and whistles, 1Password still uses a display font which makes it impossible to distinguish between the number zero and the letter 0, or between the number one and lowercase L. When using computers at work, I often consult the 1Password app on my phone to show me what my passwords are for sites I might need to login to. Most times it takes me about three or four goes to transcribe the password from phone to work comp, due to having to try various combinations of O,0,1,l because I can't tell the difference with 1password's display font.

And before someone recommends I "just install 1Password on the computer I'm working on" –I can't it's a work computer. I'd imagine similar frustrations ensue for those trusting enough to attempt to login to sites from places such as cyber-cafés, etc.

So, how's about it AgileBits. Any chance of a more sensible font choice by the time version 5 rolls around?

eva_s

Hi Madra,

The display font issue is a Known Issue. According to Roustem, adding support for variable font sizes might be a bit easier now that we support 10.8 and 10.9 because of the new Auto-Layout feature in the operating system. He hopes to see how it works after we put the fires out and get our support inbox under control.

So, please bear with us right now and we will see what we can do in future updates.

Jasper

@madra It appears that you are talking about 1Password on your iPhone, am I correct? If so, 1Password 4 for iOS has a user selectable font for passwords. Go to Settings > Display > Password Font to change it.

In addition, letters, numbers and symbols are displayed in a different color:

This seems to distinguish between O, 0 and l, 1 very well. Or am I misunderstanding your issue?

Also, when using 1Password's strong password generator, you can select Avoid ambiguity and skip those tricky to tell apart characters all together. :)