1979 Dot Matrix

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by fleeber

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Based on a 1979 dot matrix printout of a QuickBASIC program, thus the all caps.
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Created on 28th June 2010. Last edited on 28th June 2010.
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7 Comments

Very, very nice!

I was looking for something like this over a year ago, before I ended up making my own font... :^)

What is the printer type, if known?

Comment by Goatmeal 29th june 2010

Thank you for sharing it. A dot matrix font from 1979 or earlier. Looks very useful. Do you plan to add different weights (with smaller dots)? 10/10

Comment by Frodo7 29th june 2010

Nice one,

but let me guess that it's a personnalisation because character like J the stem is between 2 dots witch is not possible with a matrix printer device (also rounded side of D, the neck of V, etc. start on a half pixel)

Please Fleeber put the ligth on this ;)

Comment by Michel Troy ~UrbanPixel~ (Upixel) 29th june 2010

@Upixel: Perhaps not in the 1970s, but my Radio Shack DMP-200 from the early 1980s could position dots half-way between...

Comment by Goatmeal 29th june 2010

Nice one - it really comes into its own at pixel size. 10/10

Comment by p2pnut 1st july 2010

Actually, I called it 1979 because that was the copyright date on the source-code printout. I probably printed it later (early/mid 80s). I believe I printed it on the second of two Star-80 printers that I owned. In "high-quality" mode, it actually could offset the dots by making two uni-directional passes on each line. (Of course it took several minutes to print each page, and it still looked so-so even for dot matrix. :) )

Comment by fleeber 3rd july 2010

@fleeber: Here's my Radio Shack DMP-200 from about a year ago --

DMP-200 RS

Comment by Goatmeal 6th july 2010