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1x5 can also work if you take advantage of subpixel rendering https://www.msarnoff.org/millitext/
"if you look closely at the screen"
https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Kids'-Microscopes/zgbs/t...
Magnification is around 5x, but this is more than enough to see subpixels.
Wouldn't something like this be ideal for devices like Xteink X4?
I don't think there's a need for tiny fonts on an e-reader, even one with a small screen. IMO when you're reading a book I think you want to prioritize readability, not characters-per-page.
> At this size, there's no way to have a distinct upper and lowercase [...]
3x4 is feasible. I've designed the MiniGent font [1], including greek letters, numerals, punctuation, math, currency, and emojis. Written a whole LaTeX typesetter [2] around it. While not perfect, I'm amazed by how far you can take it arranging just a few pixels.
[1] https://gurki.github.io/pixeltex/minigent/ [2] https://gurki.github.io/pixeltex/pixeltex/
This reminded me of work to get the C64 to do 80 columns in software, using a 3x7 pixel grid (with one row and column used for spacing), some of which were part of commercial products. https://www.pagetable.com/?p=901 > Creating a 4×8 character set that is both readable and looks good is not easy. There has to be a one-pixel gap between characters, so characters can effectively only be 3 pixels wide. For characters l…
Competitors could apparently show 80 characters per line, but only by switching to a horribly unreadable 2x7 font. "I found the tiny 80 column characters tiring to read but the mode is useful if you want to see what the finished output will be like." - https://www.crashonline.org.uk/31/words.htm . I can't find a screenshot.
I could almost fit an entire 80x40 terminal on my watch face!
Side note: the Interact triple scanned every row of pixels, so the vertical resolution was only 77 (ish, it was overscanned) pixels. Had they used a bit more RAM for the display they could have easily just double-scanned each row and increased to a 5x7 font. That would have been a huge improvement.
BTW still need to find a museum that wants an Interact.
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The content isn't viewable in my area. Presumably the UK has rules about minimum font sizes.
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 :)
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)
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The content isn't viewable in my area. Presumably the UK has rules about minimum font sizes.
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 :)
"The UK's data watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), said it recently notified the platform's parent company, MediaLab AI, of plans to fine Imgur after probing its approach to age checks and use of children's personal data."