Clone of a thick rounded 9-Segment LCD display . I changed its symetry more to my liking and set all segments to fit within the character 8 boundaries. It had only letters needed to indicate time, date, temperature or AM/PM, but I expanded it a bit later...
This is a clone of STF_9-SEGMENT LCD (ROUND)i legit did this in an hour ( filler upload )
update: added all english (uppercase and lowercase) letters
normal letters: ACEFGHIJLOPSUZabcdefghijlnopqrstuyz
compromised letters: KMVWXkmvwx
uppercase letters that look like lowercase: BDNQRTY
Based on lettering used for LCD information displays in the 1980s and 1990s.
This font displays each character as a seven segment representation of the binary value of the character according to the GSM 7-bit alphabet. The commercial at (@) has been swapped with the space as I don't know how I could have a blank character that isn't space. I put the escape character in place of the reverse solidus (\), and I put the carriage return and line feed characters in the place of the left and right square brackets respectively, as these characters are not represented in fonts.
This is a cloneThis font idea popped into my head when I came across this YouTube video about segmented displays. The "X-O" LCD idea was the most fascinating to me and I challenged myself to try remaking it... and ended up completely revamping it to include "lowercase" letters, and improve legibility (for the most part)
Attempt to render the Cyrillic alphabet using the 14-segment LCD screen. Really highlights how impractical the 14-seg is for Cyrillic text. All letters I couldn't "solve" are rendered as all-on. Most of the letters are taken from here https://helperbyte.com/questions/341983/display-the-cyrillic-alphabet-on-14-segment-display
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.
Inspired by radios' displays.
05 JULY 2022:
Fixed: Q, q, 6
Added: Æ, æ, £, <, >, (, )
This is a clone of Digital Radio Display 14 SegThe 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.
An attempt to make a Calculatrix with both squares and hexagonal segments. The result doesn't really fit in with the others, but it has a harsh and highly technical appearance about it which I like.
More glyphs later, maybe?
Nirvanite 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 FossilPixelated demake of Nirvanite Fossil. It introduces more size variation than its predecessors, and proves even harder to read. The size variation was necessary to prevent these sprites from being too large and to make them more unique from the glyphs in Nirvanite Fossil.
Original size: 25pt (use multiples of this value for pixel perfection)
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 NirvaniteExperimental 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.
Experimental 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)