1x5 can also work if you take advantage of subpixel rendering https://www.msarnoff.org/millitext/
Subpixel rendering only gives you 3 effective pixels. M and N aren't really readable with less than 5.
5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens
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Re: 5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens
#1521x5 can also work if you take advantage of subpixel rendering https://www.msarnoff.org/millitext/
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
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#153I have an irrational love for this.
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#154Where was this when i was working on my 128x64 oled screen????
I ended up finding a bitmap and modifying it for my own needs. That was fun.
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#155I haven't got round to publicising it yet, but I made a web application for designing small pixel fonts: https://microfonts.com/
The smallest legible one I've come up with is 4x6 (with inter-character spacing).
Re: 5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens
#156This brings me back to the custom HP-48G applications with UIs made pixel-by-pixel. 3x5 letters where everywhere, but 3x4 and even 3x3 were used and were still legible:
- https://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/games/board/sshots/ship.png
- https://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/games/board/sshots/othellof.png
Re: 5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens
#157The 5x5 is very nice, and the 3x5 isn't bad either. Unfortunately neither of them have all of ASCII. The size is also a bit misleading because you need to add spacing so really they need a 6x6 or 4x6 grid. I'm quite fond of Spleen: https://github.com/fcambus/spleen It has a 5x8 font which has all of ASCII, but most glyphs are actually 4x8 and include horizontal spacing. I modified it to reduce the rest for a project…
At 3x5 it states:
> The "M", "W" and "Q" suffer, but it's still got a distinct O and zero.
The Q is weird; I would think it makes more sense to draw it as a zero with the bottom right set.
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#158I was surprised they used a square (5x5) as fonts are usually taller than wide.
But they mention:
> Narrower 4x5 and 3x5 dimensions are possible, but would require sacrificing the M, dotted zero, and reduce U/V/Y distinctiveness
Note whole the characters are 5x5, the character box is 6x6 to provide for Spain between characters, from what I can tell from https://maurycyz.com/projects/mcufont/real.jpg
Re: 5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens
#1592x2 pixel font is probably impossible[1], but with a few more pixels of width someone made a surprisingly readable 2-pixel-high font: https://www.reddit.com/r/PixelArt/comments/1myh81x/2px_high_...
Released by the author at https://joefatula.com/twoslice.html
[1]: unless you use multiple glyphs for a char. Or maybe it'd be possible to interpret if the glyph-to-char mapping pattern was very carefully thought out..
Re: 5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens
#160I actually thought of this (or a previous similar project? The one posted here seems more recent...) just a few days ago while watching the announcement video for this new DJ device, since it seems to use a 5x5 font: https://driftdj.com/dj-hybrid
yo! thanks for sharing, this is a wicked cool device. I've always wanted a "pocket" mixer to take with me on planes and trains. I know there are smaller devices that can perform that duty but their more like repurposed EQ or audio interfaces that can be used to mix. but wowza!! $900 for that lil guy, dang!
I know, it looks incredible. It popped up on my YouTube feed and I got super excited, but then I thought "I bet this is going to be at least $800." I was wrong in the worst possible way.