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Consistency is great, but why exactly is consistency helpful in this case?

Seems surprisingly defensive to not be in favor of a small change that eliminates an entire category of confusion and improves accessibility.

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Fonts are for reading. Consistency in some formal aspect doesn't help that goal per se, because all letters are different and have to recognized as such quickly. Relying on context to disambiguate is a serious short-coming: it slows down reading, and causes possible errors. There's really no way to defend two letters being virtually identical.

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