In the 3 x 2 example, the text is supposed to say “can probably” but I think the glyph for b was used instead, so it reads “you ban probably”.
5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens
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Re: 5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens
#1121x5 can also work if you take advantage of subpixel rendering https://www.msarnoff.org/millitext/
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
Re: 5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens
#113>Narrower 4x5 and 3x5 dimensions are possible, but would require sacrificing the M, dotted zero, and reduce U/V/Y distinctiveness.
I think 3x5 works well enough:
Re: 5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens
#114This is cool, but my problem is the opposite: I have a modern laptop screen with tiny pixels. What I need is then a huge bitmap font... does anybody have any?
Here are a few made by upscaling and then manually cleaning up classic fonts: https://github.com/B2HDPI/B2HDPI
The glyph coverage is enough for most programming languages; missing glyphs just fall back to a pixelized look.
Lode 1.5x works really well at 110 ppi displays, which seems to be the uncanny valley for antialiasing.
Re: 5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens
#1151x5 can also work if you take advantage of subpixel rendering https://www.msarnoff.org/millitext/
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…
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#116Now do 1x2 using Morse code.
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#117This is great, i use a 3x3 font i drew up for lowres games, though there are many example that look mostly the same since it is such a small space.
Re: 5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens
#1181x5 can also work if you take advantage of subpixel rendering https://www.msarnoff.org/millitext/
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
[1x5-HP-Z24n-G2] https://i.imgur.com/Z7kH005.jpeg
[2x5-Innolux-N156HCA-GA3] https://i.imgur.com/F4Ypxwj.jpeg
[1x5-Innolux-N156HCA-GA3] https://i.imgur.com/etkot5o.jpeg
[1] https://jp.ext.hp.com/monitors/business/z_z24n_g2/
[2] https://www.panelook.com/N156HCA-GA3__15.6__overview_33518.h...
Re: 5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens
#1191x5 can also work if you take advantage of subpixel rendering https://www.msarnoff.org/millitext/
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…
$30 devices don't have apple screens.
Re: 5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens
#120Looking at the screenshots shows why there's a reason 5x7 is the "standard" for tiny legible fonts that cover all of ASCII, e.g. as found in character LCD displays: