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Re: Text in walls
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Date: 
Thu, 29 Apr 2004 06:32:11 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mosaic, Sonnich Jensen wrote:
In lugnet.build.mosaic, Mark Bellis wrote:
In lugnet.build.mosaic, Sonnich Jensen wrote:
I and still missing some good ideas for the letters: K X Z - it is the odd lines
which makes it hard to do.
My r's are ok, but I'd like to have a capital R there too - it is the same
problem, an odd line.

It anyone have any ideas, please let me know so I can add them.
...
Still, I am looking for solutions for the 4 missing letters.
...
Sonnich

There is a capital R and a small k in my hopper wagon:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/mbellis/Trains/Wagons/railtrack_hopper_kid_2004.jpg

I would do a Z like a 2 as people will still be able to read it.
An smaller M would be like a W upside down with the two top corners filled in,
with the advantage that it's only 5 vertical plates wide.  An N would be four
pairs of vertical plates, with both, top, bottom, both in the letter colour for
the four respective columns.
A small x might be two columns of 5 horizontal plates with the middle and bottom
ones in letter colour, with vertical plates in between, the bottom one in letter
colour.  That would make it like two small cs back to back.

Mark Bellis

I have added the letters you mention, and the T in your car (slightly different
from mine)
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=703789

I played a little around with the X.
The M and N are great.
The K and Z, partly R too are hard to read, a colleaque here could not figure it
out.

PLMKWYT

BR
Sonnich
http://www.hot.ee/sonnich/lego/

For the M I meant that the middle top plate would be in background colour.

As for reading, there should be no difficulty reading "Railtrack" on my hopper,
so it's the context in the word that matters.  If a person knows what a word
should say, the brain fills in the rest.  This was shown in scientific
experiments that words with letters in the wrong order were still read
correctly, so a couple of imperfectly shaped letters would be no worse than
reading handwriting!

Mark



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(...) {snip} (...) Updated. If anyone would add some more letters, especially other non-English letters, I'd be happy. BR Sonnich (21 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.build)

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(...) I have added the letters you mention, and the T in your car (slightly different from mine) (URL) played a little around with the X. The M and N are great. The K and Z, partly R too are hard to read, a colleaque here could not figure it out. (...) (21 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.build)

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