Ethan Dicks wrote:
I'm prototyping an LED display thingie and was
trying to find a
representation of how folks used to do letters on a 7-segment display.
The two historical examples I came up with were the KIM-1 and a Byte
magazine article between about 1977 and 1981. I know there are
several modern Windows fonts out there, but as they differ somewhat, I
was hoping to be compatible with what was commonly done in the late
1970s.
How were the displays driven? I.e., were the segments individually
driven (each segment under software control) or were they driven
by a "7 segment LED driver"? In the latter case, you can lookup
the display pattern created by that driver chip and emulate it.
In the former case, you'd need a definitive source for the
patterns used. (given that, I can build you a TTF or PS font)