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New Samuel: a font derived from Morse code

34 points by rauschma 14y ago

Groxx 14y ago
Interesting and a clever system, but kind of nasty to read. They probably had fun developing it, though :)
SparrowOS 14y ago
http://www.random.org/ http://www.random.org/ 3:9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God: 3:10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. 3:11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. 3:12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? 3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
chacha102 14y ago
Most of the letters are readable. However, 'P' looks exactly like what I'd expect 'E' to look like. This presents a problem.
- jeffool 14y ago
  K, T, X, and Y are also tough at a glance. But I must admit, I do love the notion. There just has to be a better implementation.
  - petercooper 14y ago
    I suspect so too. But all this said, millions coped with "blackletter" for hundreds of years. Check out the caps: http://www.identifont.com/samples/monotype-imaging/LucidaBlackLetter.gif http://www.identifont.com/samples/monotype-imaging/LucidaBla... (especially N, P, Y and G - and T and C look almost identical).
- srih4ri 14y ago
  F doesn't look like E ?
- vampirechicken 14y ago
  > This presents a problem. Especially if you're a Pepper.
Surio 14y ago
Au contraire, I quite liked the font's look and feel. It would definitely look lovely on poster titles and the like. As much as I liked the font, I also liked the approach behind building the font. Algorithm is not the first word one associates with fonts (aesthetics is the word that comes to mind first) and I was pleasantly surprised to read the algorithmic approach behind the design too. :-) Thanks for sharing it with us.
xradionut 14y ago
Interesting font, but as an radio operator, no one actually writes nor reads code in it's "visual" (dit/dah) form. Messages are written or typed directly to or from English. Also after a while you don't hear individual characters as much as words and phases similar to a "real" spoken language. (Except for call signs and such...)

34 points by rauschma 14y ago

Groxx 14y ago

Interesting and a clever system, but kind of nasty to read. They probably had fun developing it, though :)

http://www.random.org/ http://www.random.org/ 3:9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God: 3:10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. 3:11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. 3:12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? 3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.

chacha102 14y ago

Most of the letters are readable. However, 'P' looks exactly like what I'd expect 'E' to look like. This presents a problem.

jeffool 14y ago
K, T, X, and Y are also tough at a glance. But I must admit, I do love the notion. There just has to be a better implementation.
- petercooper 14y ago
  I suspect so too. But all this said, millions coped with "blackletter" for hundreds of years. Check out the caps: http://www.identifont.com/samples/monotype-imaging/LucidaBlackLetter.gif http://www.identifont.com/samples/monotype-imaging/LucidaBla... (especially N, P, Y and G - and T and C look almost identical).
srih4ri 14y ago
F doesn't look like E ?
vampirechicken 14y ago
> This presents a problem. Especially if you're a Pepper.

Surio 14y ago

Au contraire, I quite liked the font's look and feel. It would definitely look lovely on poster titles and the like. As much as I liked the font, I also liked the approach behind building the font. Algorithm is not the first word one associates with fonts (aesthetics is the word that comes to mind first) and I was pleasantly surprised to read the algorithmic approach behind the design too. :-) Thanks for sharing it with us.

xradionut 14y ago

Interesting font, but as an radio operator, no one actually writes nor reads code in it's "visual" (dit/dah) form. Messages are written or typed directly to or from English. Also after a while you don't hear individual characters as much as words and phases similar to a "real" spoken language. (Except for call signs and such...)