Work-in-progress! Feedback would be greatly appreciated :)
An experimental "8-segment font" that I made. It started when I divided a square into 8 parts through the middle. Out of those 8 parts, I would shade some parts to look like characters. Ultimately, it didn't make for the best font design, but I thought it was worth sharing.
Segmentik is a 129-segment display color font.
Also includes characters for borders in the Private Use Area. U+E02E for all off, and U+E02F for all on.
Currently not able to edit this as it won't load in the FontStructor (HTTP 500)
Here is a version of my 6 segment display with a smaller symmetric design. This aids it in displaying the alphabet, as well as very full and normal looking numbers. I tried to give this one an aggressive futuristic design, using sharp corners and deep chamfers. I think I would rather use this font than Pylos (my last version), because that was more traditional in many of its design elements; this is designed to be a bit more of a departure.
I should also address the fact that multiple characters are missing, or wierd looking. That’s because of the limitations of the display, it’s not possible to do them all without more segments (it can manage as many as the traditional 7 segment, though!). For future versions or styles, I probably won’t keep doing more than the normal digits, but I thought it would be useful to do them a few times.
Lastly, a few notes. The white accents are just to show the edge of the segment, and aren't part of it (that’s why they disappear on isolated segments). The tilda shows an exploded video of the segments, just for reference.
Thanks!
This is a segmented display concept I’ve been tinkering with for the past couple years, utilizing a concept I call a “fused middle segment”. This is essentially where the side segments are extended to make up parts of the middle, removing a whole LED (this brings the number down to 6). While it has no purpose as a font, I wanted to try it out here to polish some stuff.
I should also address the fact that multiple characters are missing, or wierd looking. That’s because of the limitations of the display, it’s not possible to do them all without more segments (it can manage as many as the traditional 7 segment, though!). For future versions or styles, I probably won’t keep doing more than the normal digits, but I thought it would be useful to do them at least once.
Anyway, thanks! I would love feedback, and I will make sure to include it in the next versions!
More glyphs coming soon. Or not! Just plain Latin.
Segment Count: 38-Segment Display
/: Square Root
the unknown letter at the end is ℮ fyi.
the × sign is a dot for standard math/algebra
( and ) look alot like [ and ] but i like the og parenthesis so i put the ( and ) glyph in their corresponding symbol.
This is a multilingual font, and will likely be a perennial work in progress. Feel free to suggest the addition of new scripts and glyphs, as well as changes to existing glyphs (esp. non-Latin).
Largest font tagged with 'segment'. ≥191 languages supported from 30 scripts (Arabic*, Latin, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Greek, Braille, Emoji*, Bopomofo, Hangul Jamo, Armenian, Katakana, NKo*, Lisu, Lydian, Ol Chiki*, Mro*, Toto*, Tengwar CSUR*, Cirth CSUR*, Shavian, Klingon CSUR, Nag Mundari*, Multani, Pau Cin Hau*, Hanifi Rohingya*, Bassa Vah*, Phagspa, uppercase Cherokee). Partial support for 6 languages (Korean, Japanese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Cia-Cia, Tibetan). 5 game sets supported (Mahjong, Chess, Draughts, Dice, Playing Cards). 14160 B of ROM for a full hardware implementation.
Turkish users, the lowercase i is dotted without serifs and dotless with serifs.
(Burmese is next to be added to this font)