Strangely enough, the Vydec Exxon word processor did have a vector display. See the datasheet for instance. The patent has tons of information on the circuitry.

Strangely enough, the Vydec Exxon word processor did have a vector display. See the datasheet for instance. The patent has tons of information on the circuitry. They made italics by shifting the vectors and small characters by scaling the vectors. http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/userdata/files/data-sheet-vydec-1800.pdf http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/userdata/files/data-sheet... https://patents.google.com/patent/US4310840A https://patents.google.com/patent/US4310840A