Comment by wiredfool Comment by wiredfool 3 days ago 4 replies Copy Link View on Hacker News The font on the page is definitely too wide -- it should be taller than wide, and 10 characters per inch.
Copy Link mark-r 3 days ago Collapse Comment - I'm not sure the original MX-80 had square dots. Since they made this to be pixel accurate, the aspect ratio might be off because the MX-80 was off.The key test is not how it looks on screen, but how it looks printed. Reply View | 3 replies Copy Link wiredfool 3 days ago Parent Collapse Comment - My recollection is that the dots were round on my dot matrix. But it also used a typewriter ribbon, so there was a bit of texture from that. Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link mark-r a day ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Good point, the dots were produced by pins that were round. What I meant to say was that the spacing might have been different in the two directions. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link wiredfool 20 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Yes, I’m sure they would be. Especially since the same font would have been used for normal width (10 characters per inch) and compressed (17 cpi). Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link wiredfool 3 days ago Parent Collapse Comment - My recollection is that the dots were round on my dot matrix. But it also used a typewriter ribbon, so there was a bit of texture from that. Reply View | 2 replies Copy Link mark-r a day ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Good point, the dots were produced by pins that were round. What I meant to say was that the spacing might have been different in the two directions. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link wiredfool 20 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Yes, I’m sure they would be. Especially since the same font would have been used for normal width (10 characters per inch) and compressed (17 cpi). Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link mark-r a day ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Good point, the dots were produced by pins that were round. What I meant to say was that the spacing might have been different in the two directions. Reply View | 1 reply Copy Link wiredfool 20 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Yes, I’m sure they would be. Especially since the same font would have been used for normal width (10 characters per inch) and compressed (17 cpi). Reply View | 0 replies
Copy Link wiredfool 20 hours ago Root Parent Collapse Comment - Yes, I’m sure they would be. Especially since the same font would have been used for normal width (10 characters per inch) and compressed (17 cpi). Reply View | 0 replies
I'm not sure the original MX-80 had square dots. Since they made this to be pixel accurate, the aspect ratio might be off because the MX-80 was off.
The key test is not how it looks on screen, but how it looks printed.