24 Jun
2014
24 Jun
'14
3:37 p.m.
On 06/24/2014 02:28 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
For one thing, you need more pixels for lower case.
Early dot matrix
printers had, I think, 5x7 matrix for the uppercase only model, but
needed at least 7x9 for lowercase. (Then there were printers with
something like 16x16 matrix, for printing Japanese text.)
Surely you remember the lowercase mod for the ADM-3A terminal! 5x7
matrix, looked like hell, but was readable. FWIW, the veneered and
generated 2513 character generator had a katakana option as well.
There were 5x7 dot matrix printers with lowercase and no descenders.
--Chuck