Added two more fonts showing different ways of approaching the same problem. I hope someone can help me find a 20-something segment system so that we have every decade represented! https://aresluna.org/segmented-type/ pic.twitter.com/1JYv7rpwhE
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As expected from a programmer, all the glyphs were specified as data, which I keyed in. As expected from a programmer, there were bugs. :·]pic.twitter.com/tQGTWgDwzY
If I’d want to turn either of these into a real font, this would be it.
There’s something really thrilling about bringing these long forgotten (155 years!) entities back to life.
Thanks again to @obra and others who helped in finding those!
My friend @julesforrest found a brilliant example of a different kind of segmented typography: digits made out of pipe fragments and connectors.pic.twitter.com/tQvy9ufA3s
Ohh... This one is gorgeous.
Imagine building a physical one, and having some sort of a nice “screensaver” mode with animations.
The 9! The 9!
I imagine having a love-hate relationship with that 9.
as a nixie tube, VFD, and analog display enthusiast, i am so grateful for all of these amazing finds.. this is wonderful
What’s the one thing/site you know about any of the above that I should know? :·)
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