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Current 5 bit values:

(is there any way to get rid of the space between each item in the list below?:)

00000 space

00001 a

00010 c

00011 d

00100 e

00101 g

00110 h

00111 i

01000 l

01001 m

01010 n

01011 o

01100 p

01101 r

01110 s

01111 t

10000 u

10001 v

10010 ,

10011 .

10100 ~

10101 `

10110 '

10111 ?

11000 !

11001 (

11010 )

11011 :

11100 |

11101 TBD

11110 TBD

11111 TBD

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Created on 8th February 2018. Last edited on 5th March 2018.
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3 Comments

How does this work?

Comment by toothy7564 16th february 2018

The goal is to have an 'alphabet' of no more than 32 glyphs, so that it can be stored in 5 bit numbers while still being generally readable.
So the font translates each letter either into its own glyph or a combination of glyphs. For example c is 'c' and x is 'cs' in the font - appearing as 2 five bit glyphs.

I have been able to crunch the core letters down to 17, therefore 9 letters are combinations of others: b=pv, f=ph, j=dg, k=cc, q=cccc, w=uu, x=cs, y=ei, z=ds.
I do the same thing with symbols.
The core symbols are .,~` and ' - these are 'dots'. Other core symbols are ?!(): and |. Core symbols can be used to build other symbols, for example the { is ~(
Capitalization is done by prefixing a letter with a `. Numbers and some symbols are done by spelling them out after a tilde so 1=~one
The compression is lossy but is still pretty good. for example kk=cccc which then resolves back to q. It's not perfect but it's pretty good.

Comment by jonrgrover 16th february 2018

Thank you for the detailed explanation of your experiment, jongrover. I tried myself a 5-bit design, showcased in 'Ascii Art' (Unicode), titled sample G. “5-bit confusion”, where the lowercase and the numerics are mixed in a l337 way, but in a difficult 2x3 pixel matrix… (this pseudo font is part of my -unreleased- main project of 'micro typeface.) I'll need more time to train myself for using your (apparently quite) smart design. Thanks for sharing/saving ;-)

Comment by dpla 21st february 2018