This is a (not very good) font designed to emulate the experience of a dot-matrix display; these displays are found on trains, buses, etc. This font supports most characters up to Latin-1 Supplement, and full Unicode support is on the way.
A 6×8 character LCD font that supports Halfwidth Katakana, a handful of Kanji, Cyrillic, Greek, accented Latin characters, and many special symbols.
6×8画素LCDディスプレイの文字ROMをイメージしたフォント。半角カタカナ、一握りの漢字(千万円日月火水木金土年)、英数字、ギリシャ文字、キリル文字、発音記号、その他記号がたくさん収録されています。
SPLC792Aに収録されている文字ほとんどに対応しています。https://aitendo3.sakura.ne.jp/aitendo_data/product_img/lcd/fstn/16X2-SPLC792-I2C/SPLC792A_V03_HAOTIAN.pdf 25P参照
It's got more "okayer" detail than the other one. Just as okay as the other one. Really.
This is a clone of 8x8 Okay Screen SolidExperimental 24-segment display or massive monochrome Mondrian matrix. Pixel compatible!
The thinking behind this one was that with incongruously sized segments arranged in the proper way, I would create a design which was effectively 5x5, but which accomodated more glyphs than 5x5 usually does. Negative space is incorporated into the structure of many glyphs, though not enough to classify this as an IVO design.
"Qualtron" is the name of an imaginary entity that a friend believed in - a being meant to represent the result of "a mathematical equation that can rule the universe". I didn't inquire further about it... :D
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Design Rules:
1. Segments can have interior length/width of 2 or 5.
2. The central 2x2 square must always remain open.
3. Square bricks and 90-degree angles only.
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Original size: 20.75pt (use multiples of this value for pixel perfection)
Version 2.6
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Inspired by a comment by jonrgrover.
I built diamonds sized according to the Fibonacci series, then made a segmented display out of them. The design was then carved away to make the glyphs you see here. I used the members 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8. These sizes proved most feasible to work with in this sort of arrangement.
I gave the terminals a flared appearance which I think makes the glyphs look slightly Celtic. The design also makes me think of beach sand and things found on the beach - shells, pretty rocks, and so on.
24-segment display. This one belongs to a small family called Calculatrix.
Like Calculatrix 12, this one is spaced so that every segment appears in its proper place, as if the text were being rendered on one giant display. (If using this in your own software, you will want to check the line spacing as it can vary depending on the software.)
I suppose this font could be used for weaving or embroidery work, as well... it has that look about it...
TIP: Try zooming out while already at Pixel size!
The standard font sets of the HD44780A00 and UA02 combined, using only the 5x8 characters, and preferring the UA02 ones where there are differences between the two sets (the cent sign for instance). Characters with dual or triple purposes are filling all of their potential slots.
Note that the following 'basic ASCII' characters differ between the -A00 and UA02 masks of the HD44780: 'A', 'S', 'g', 'i', 'm', 'w', '[', and 'ェ'. As of the update on 20201127, all of these in this font are using the UA02 version.
20231122: Now that FontStruct supports characters outside the Unicode BMP, I added the "Bell" character. I also added the Cyrillic Capital Yu, which I'd somehow overlooked. Thanks, ewpa, for pointing it out.
The standard font sets of the HD44780A00 and UA02 combined, using only the 5x8 characters, and preferring the A00 ones where there are differences between the two sets (the cent sign for instance). Characters with dual or triple purposes are filling all of their potential slots.
Note that the following 'basic ASCII' characters differ between the -A00 and -UA02 masks of the HD44780: 'A', 'S', 'g', 'i', 'm', 'w', '[', and 'ェ'. All of these charaters are using the A00 version here.
20231115: Corrections to a few characters with errors ('7', '[', 'ェ')
20231122: Now that FontStruct supports characters outside the Unicode BMP, I added the "Bell" character. I also added the Cyrillic Capital Yu, which I'd somehow overlooked. Thanks, ewpa, for pointing it out.
An experimental 12-segment display, and my 100th published Fontstruction. It's the calculator of yesterday's future!
This one belongs to a small family called Calculatrix.
This font is monospaced to ensure segments are always where they "should" be (as if the text were printed on one giant display).
Experimental mosaic... or maybe a new mineral species?
This one started as a doodle. I began placing circles to see what kinds of complex shapes I could make, and this was the result.
It achieves a new visual effect at almost every size up to the original. Also try slowly moving the zoom slider for some interesting animations!
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This font is now nearly 1MB in size! I guess it has to do with the intrinsic complexity of circles.
Alternate take on Nirvanite, this time with bullseyes rather than solid circles as the large segments.
This one is a lot more organic than its predecessor, but also a lot more confusing. Looks like clusters of alien tadpole eggs to me!
This is a clone of NirvaniteNirvanite Fossil with round shapes changed to diamonds.
I think this one is the toughest to read in the family - even harder than Nirvanite Pixel. Oh well!
This is a clone of Nirvanite FossilSee more:
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1533648/dracula-4
https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1816053/spaaace
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1659156/soul-ninja-1
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1424617/biologic-1
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/360025/ziti
https://www.fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/14322/canal_carpien