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1x5 can also work if you take advantage of subpixel rendering https://www.msarnoff.org/millitext/ https://www.msarnoff.org/millitext/

rossant 5mo ago
Whoa, amazing!
dorianmariecom 5mo ago
"if you look closely at the screen"
- Tade0 5mo ago
  My child has one of those "Kids' microscopes": https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Kids'-Microscopes/zgbs/toys-and-games/166306011 https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Kids'-Microscopes/zgbs/t... Magnification is around 5x, but this is more than enough to see subpixels.
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JohnDotAwesome 5mo ago
Amazing. I zoomed in with my phone on the generated image and was surprised to see I could just make out the text! https://storage.j0.hn/subpixelfont.png https://storage.j0.hn/subpixelfont.png - Also wow my screen is dirty af
- jkonline 5mo ago
  Suggest you check your .htaccess (or however you secure your server) for storage.j0.hn.
throwaway27448 5mo ago
It seems like you need 2x5 for legibility
linzhangrun 5mo ago
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CGMthrowaway 5mo ago
I was annoyed that all the images of the pixel fonts were larger than they actually ostensibly would be on a tiny screen, so I zoomed out my browser all the way on macbook pro retina screen, only to find the tiny letters of the blog text were 100x more readable than any of the pixel fonts in the post. And if the pixel font images were to be rendered at actually 5 pixels on my Retina screen, because the resolution of Retina screen is so tiny, the pixel fonts would still be unreadable without a microscope. So while it's a cool project, as long as we can put Retina-dense screens in things, we are past the point where there is any useful need for a 5 pixel font
- cafebabbe 5mo ago
  Retro games Electronic devices Fine prints in images
- deleted 5mo ago
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- bagels 5mo ago
  $30 devices don't have apple screens.
- benj111 5mo ago
  FTA "Even a low-resolution 384x288 display has 110 thousand pixels: way too big to fit in the AVRs memory"
FrostKiwi 5mo ago
Actually blown away by how good that works with my 1920x1200 8-bit HP Z24n G2 monitor [1] and my Laptop's 1920x1080 6-bit Panel [2] [2x5-HP-Z24n-G2] https://i.imgur.com/yLyrpfg.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/yLyrpfg.jpeg [1x5-HP-Z24n-G2] https://i.imgur.com/Z7kH005.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/Z7kH005.jpeg [2x5-Innolux-N156HCA-GA3] https://i.imgur.com/F4Ypxwj.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/F4Ypxwj.jpeg [1x5-Innolux-N156HCA-GA3] https://i.imgur.com/etkot5o.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/etkot5o.jpeg [1] https://jp.ext.hp.com/monitors/business/z_z24n_g2/ https://jp.ext.hp.com/monitors/business/z_z24n_g2/ [2] https://www.panelook.com/N156HCA-GA3__15.6__overview_33518.html https://www.panelook.com/N156HCA-GA3__15.6__overview_33518.h...
- benj111 5mo ago
  The content isn't viewable in my area. Presumably the UK has rules about minimum font sizes.
  - subscribed 5mo ago
    No, it's the ultra authoritarian government stopping you from viewing it. Replace "imgur.com" in the links with "rimgo.bcow.xyz" and consider voting against the parties of surveillance next time you can :)
    - chownie 5mo ago
      > No, it's the ultra authoritarian government stopping you from viewing it. Wish people wouldn't keep repeating this, imgur block the UK because they were caught with GDPR violations. The fact their UK wide IP block came in around the same time as the online safety act is the only reason they can continue to quietly pretend it's the government's fault. Imgur is the reason you can't view imgur, it is not the UK Govt (this time)
      - Timwi 5mo ago
        Do you have a source for that claim? I'm curious. I genuinely thought it was the OSA.
dlevine 5mo ago
Subpixel rendering only gives you 3 effective pixels. M and N aren't really readable with less than 5.
dcanelhas 5mo ago
I figured 2x4 would be the theoretical minimum since ascii characters are 1 byte each (without extensions). 1x5 with color is impressive, even if it is sort of like a faux 3x5
account42 5mo ago
Not all displays have a simple horizontal subpixel layout though.

rossant 5mo ago

Whoa, amazing!

dorianmariecom 5mo ago

"if you look closely at the screen"

Tade0 5mo ago
My child has one of those "Kids' microscopes": https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Kids'-Microscopes/zgbs/toys-and-games/166306011 https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Kids'-Microscopes/zgbs/t... Magnification is around 5x, but this is more than enough to see subpixels.

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JohnDotAwesome 5mo ago

Amazing. I zoomed in with my phone on the generated image and was surprised to see I could just make out the text! https://storage.j0.hn/subpixelfont.png https://storage.j0.hn/subpixelfont.png - Also wow my screen is dirty af

jkonline 5mo ago
Suggest you check your .htaccess (or however you secure your server) for storage.j0.hn.

throwaway27448 5mo ago

It seems like you need 2x5 for legibility

linzhangrun 5mo ago

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CGMthrowaway 5mo ago

I was annoyed that all the images of the pixel fonts were larger than they actually ostensibly would be on a tiny screen, so I zoomed out my browser all the way on macbook pro retina screen, only to find the tiny letters of the blog text were 100x more readable than any of the pixel fonts in the post. And if the pixel font images were to be rendered at actually 5 pixels on my Retina screen, because the resolution of Retina screen is so tiny, the pixel fonts would still be unreadable without a microscope. So while it's a cool project, as long as we can put Retina-dense screens in things, we are past the point where there is any useful need for a 5 pixel font

cafebabbe 5mo ago
Retro games Electronic devices Fine prints in images
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bagels 5mo ago
$30 devices don't have apple screens.
benj111 5mo ago
FTA "Even a low-resolution 384x288 display has 110 thousand pixels: way too big to fit in the AVRs memory"

FrostKiwi 5mo ago

Actually blown away by how good that works with my 1920x1200 8-bit HP Z24n G2 monitor [1] and my Laptop's 1920x1080 6-bit Panel [2] [2x5-HP-Z24n-G2] https://i.imgur.com/yLyrpfg.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/yLyrpfg.jpeg [1x5-HP-Z24n-G2] https://i.imgur.com/Z7kH005.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/Z7kH005.jpeg [2x5-Innolux-N156HCA-GA3] https://i.imgur.com/F4Ypxwj.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/F4Ypxwj.jpeg [1x5-Innolux-N156HCA-GA3] https://i.imgur.com/etkot5o.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/etkot5o.jpeg [1] https://jp.ext.hp.com/monitors/business/z_z24n_g2/ https://jp.ext.hp.com/monitors/business/z_z24n_g2/ [2] https://www.panelook.com/N156HCA-GA3__15.6__overview_33518.html https://www.panelook.com/N156HCA-GA3__15.6__overview_33518.h...

benj111 5mo ago
The content isn't viewable in my area. Presumably the UK has rules about minimum font sizes.
- subscribed 5mo ago
  No, it's the ultra authoritarian government stopping you from viewing it. Replace "imgur.com" in the links with "rimgo.bcow.xyz" and consider voting against the parties of surveillance next time you can :)
  - chownie 5mo ago
    > No, it's the ultra authoritarian government stopping you from viewing it. Wish people wouldn't keep repeating this, imgur block the UK because they were caught with GDPR violations. The fact their UK wide IP block came in around the same time as the online safety act is the only reason they can continue to quietly pretend it's the government's fault. Imgur is the reason you can't view imgur, it is not the UK Govt (this time)
    - Timwi 5mo ago
      Do you have a source for that claim? I'm curious. I genuinely thought it was the OSA.

dlevine 5mo ago

Subpixel rendering only gives you 3 effective pixels. M and N aren't really readable with less than 5.

dcanelhas 5mo ago

I figured 2x4 would be the theoretical minimum since ascii characters are 1 byte each (without extensions). 1x5 with color is impressive, even if it is sort of like a faux 3x5

account42 5mo ago

Not all displays have a simple horizontal subpixel layout though.