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The Atari 2600 had pretty good vertical resolution (assuming you could set up the next line in 76 cycles) but limited horizontal resolution. A 3x5 font is possi
by sehugg 1y ago
The Atari 2600 had pretty good vertical resolution (assuming you could set up the next line in 76 cycles) but limited horizontal resolution. A 3x5 font is possible, but good luck distinguishing N from M.
This font seems to use characters up to 5 pixels wide, which helps with its near-legibility.
- Dwedit 1y agoThe thing to do with a 3x5 font is to make the capital N into a giant lowercase n. Then M H and W all become similar letters, just with a different location for the horizontal bar.
- boredhedgehog 1y agoThat's one of the possibilities, but one can also use asymmetry to evoke an illusion of diagonality, as in this font: https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1426620/3x6-pixel-monospace https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1426620/3x6-pixel...