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It might not be the first, and it might not be terribly useful, but it is interesting.
by ryanwaggoner 17y ago
It might not be the first, and it might not be terribly useful, but it is interesting.
- jcw 17y agoIn that regard, is it art?
- unalone 17y agoOf course.
- mike_organon 17y agoNo, not in the sense of "fine art" like Michelangelo, that is a different kind of thing. It's a human artifact, it's design and engineering. And I would argue that art does have a purpose, greater than, say, entertainment.
- Ratatat 17y agoI'd put it at the boundary between art and craft... ... and I don't understand that you got down-modded for your constructive comment.
- gcb 17y agowhat define art is lack of purpose. that's why I call most of my hacks art.
- mike_organon 17y agoStrictly speaking, if it has no purpose you wouldn't do it. Your hacks may be for learning, entertainment, distraction, avoiding work, etc. Art has a different and distinct purpose, more along the lines of emotional fuel. This is why I disagree with PG about Hackers and Artists. Engineering, design, cool hacks, craft, etc may be exhilarating, but it's not about emotions the same way art is. These are great things on their own, they don't need to steal the word art to be great.
- endergen 17y ago3 pixels high, that's has to be pretty rare.
- dc2k08 17y agoHere's another but this one's full height and width of each character is 3 pixels, only capitals and numbers are used: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3x3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3x3 This service lets you render your own text in 3x3: http://bikko.org/practice/3x3/index2.php http://bikko.org/practice/3x3/index2.php Image of full typeface in 3x3: http://imgur.com/61375.gif http://imgur.com/61375.gif
- IsaacSchlueter 17y agoInteresting. The legibility isn't even comparable to the subpixel font in the OP, however. This guy's done some very interesting stuff on typophile.
- dc2k08 17y agoIn fairness, in the linked post, only the x-height of each character is 3 pixels. The task the designer of 3x3 set for himself was to create a typeface where each character could only be 3 pixels high and wide at most. That said, the work in the linked post is a very clever and precise exercise in optical illusion. It works wonderfully and is ideal for cases where a design calls for legibility at such a tiny size.
- pmichaud 17y agoIt's actually quite useful for a variety of purposes. One example is favicons which could contain text in this face.
- roc 17y agoIf you're putting text in a favicon you're doing it wrong.
- coderdude 17y agoLook up
- stevedewald 17y agoLots of brands have been putting text or characters in favicons-- Facebook, Twitter, and Y-Combinator, to name a few. I think it makes the brand more recognizable.
- roc 17y agoA character or two is not 'text'. And you don't need sub-pixel techniques during image creation to pull it off.
- cduan 17y agoIt is highly useful for EULAs and Terms of Service.
- ieatpaste 17y agoSee: http://typophile.com/node/60577 http://typophile.com/node/60577 YouTube and BBC icons with improved readability.