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Description:
WIP 9-pin dot matrix printer type font
Stats:
98 characters, 10 downloads
Created:
Thu, 10th November, 11:34 PM 2011
Last Edit:
Sun, 13th November, 11:30 PM 2011
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http://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/562367
Tags:
9pin, Dot Matrix, Printer
Categories:
Monospaced
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Discussion

riccard0
riccard0 Sun, 13th November, 2011

Very nice. Do you think you will add diacritics as well?

Lord Nightmare
Lord Nightmare Sun, 13th November, 2011

Perhaps. I'm looking for more dot matrix printouts to get more ideas, there is still some stuff about certain characters I don't like.
I may do diacritics after that.

Goatmeal
Goatmeal Sun, 13th November, 2011

This is quite terrific. Can you share if this is from a particular printer, or what printout sources you are using?

Lord Nightmare
Lord Nightmare Sun, 13th November, 2011

Its not from any particular printer YET, though I'm working on a 'Fine' version which is more specifically from the dot matrix printers of the '70s an early 80s like the DEC LA50. I'm still making tweaks to this font though

Goatmeal
Goatmeal Sun, 13th November, 2011

Might I suggest widening the I and J like so? At the very least, the I will match the Z at 4 dots wide, and the bottom curve of the J looks a tad narrow. Love the 6 and 9 with the straight stems - wish I had used them in my Dot Matrix fonts.

Goatmeal
Goatmeal Sun, 13th November, 2011

Lord Nightmare
Lord Nightmare Sun, 13th November, 2011

I actually JUST widened the Z to 5 dots wide, but I can easily undo that.

Goatmeal
Goatmeal Sun, 13th November, 2011

No, that's fine, too! I just didn't want to mess-up the design of your Z. Moving from 5 dots wide may not allow for a sleek diagonal like you have with at 4 dots wide.

Goatmeal
Goatmeal Sun, 13th November, 2011

Wow. I cannot type today. I meant to say: "Moving to 5 dots wide may not allow for a sleek diagonal like you have at 4 dots wide."

Lord Nightmare
Lord Nightmare Sun, 13th November, 2011

The 'I' I'm planning to widen (as well as the bottom of the lowercase 'i'), but the 'J' cannot be as wide as your image: the widest a character is 'allowed' to be is 5 dots or 10 halfdots. Your example is 11 halfdots wide.

Goatmeal
Goatmeal Mon, 14th November, 2011

You are exactly right; sorry about that. How about something like this?

You are exactly right; sorry about that. How about something like this?
Goatmeal
Goatmeal Mon, 14th November, 2011

Or these?...

Or these?...
Goatmeal
Goatmeal Mon, 14th November, 2011

Or these?...

Or these?...