On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 20:11:37 +0200 "Dotan Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> 2008/6/9 Flemming Richter Mikkelsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 6/9/08, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > >> an 80x24 terminal is possible to make it readable @ qvga - if we allow > >> scrolling. (and possible in landscape with an ultra-tiny 4-pixel wide font > >> - possible (3 pixels for text, 1 for space). not very nice though. > > > > How can u separate @, #, $, S, %, æ, ø, o, etc, when only using 3 pixels? > > 5 pix + 1 pix space is a minimum for good reading, unless some chars > > take more space than others. > > > > 5 pix + 1 pix space is a minimum for reading > There, fixed that for you. Getting by with 3+1 pixels is not reading. > You may be able to dechipher words, but that is not reading. Reading > is when the brain skips over large portions of the text and absorbs > the full meaning, because it is able to recognize familiar shapes and > derive from them meaning. 3+1 cannot create the different shapes > necessary for reading. it can. given a well made font. done it before. see my previous mail with some examples. when used as an actual font they are readable and recognisable as their intended character (once you get used to the font). > 7 pix + 2 pix space is a minimum for _good_ reading > > Dotan Cohen > > http://what-is-what.com > http://gibberish.co.il > א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
