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viznut

The classic Apple bitmap font "Chicago" tries to avoid aliasing by sticking to 90° and 45° angles in letters like W, M and K.

However, this idea is much older than that. This pixel font is from a French embroidery book printed in 1527.

The previous two pages sample a blackletter font. Blackletter is by itself more orthogonal and angular than Antiqua, so the idea works much better there.

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#pixelArt #typography #ancientPixels

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viznut
1564. This is the oldest bitmap font I've felt like copying. Still some quirks I recognize as problems, but at least the overall design works. source
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