5Dotmatrix 1979

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by Noah F. Ross (winty5)

See also 5Dotmatrix 1979 4d by Noah F. Ross (winty5).

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A font for old dotmatrix printers.
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Created on 19th March 2013. Last edited on 19th March 2013.
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10 Comments

Good work, although I think the 'N' is a wee bit wide and the 'O' and 'Q' are a bit too narrow. Still worth 10/10

Comment by p2pnut 19th march 2013

@winty - OLD?!?!? ;^)

Always nice to see a new dot matrix font, and true to form, you've kept the verticals dots from overlapping into 1/2 spaces. Looks like you have designed an 8-pin printer, with the clever absence of dots where they would normally be expected to be found. Good work!

It is quite difficult to keep the wider characters legible at 3 dots wide, but it is possible. Perhaps 4 dots wide would allow for a bit more uniformity for the 'necessarily' wide M, N, W, m & w glyphs?

(And by the mid-1980s, new 24-pin printers began replacing the old 9-pin print heads. Perhaps rename it "1979" ?)

Comment by Goatmeal 19th march 2013

@wintty5 - 4 dots wide for ALL characters, that is...

Comment by Goatmeal 19th march 2013

Interesting to know about dotmatrix printers. I'll clone this and make a 4 dot wide version. And yes the N is too wide. I'll be sure to fix that.

Comment by Noah F. Ross (winty5) 20th march 2013

@winty5 - Here's one I made 2 years ago. It was built from scratch, but was definitely inspired by observing a lot of different dot matrix samples.

21st Century Dot Matrix

Comment by Goatmeal 20th march 2013