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[PT] Letter Bricks - Common Keyword?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:05:53 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, Tore Eriksson wrote:
> > I recall another problem with the letter bricks: Most of them are compromizes to
> > make them readable in original LDraw in as little magnification as possible,
> > rather than making them as close to LEGO as possible. That was the philosophy
> > back then.
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> Ah. OK, then - I'll definitely leave all these as a single set, instead of trying to
> categorize them into the different (known) typefaces.
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> Steve
Hmm, yes, maybe it's best. But I'd really like to have them categorized, but
otoh that means a LOT of work. IF we make this effort and categorize the blue
series, I think we should settle with two variants: one small bold (disregard
sans or not) and one larger, thinner. At present, I try to make all new and all
improved bold and small.
I have no idea of how many different variants of typefaces there are out there,
here's another semi-random sample from my collection:
http://hem.fyristorg.com/simlego/Bilder/3005-p.jpg (20 k)
To my surprise, I recently discovered that we don't even have one set of number
bricks yet. I thought I've done that ages ago.
I am not 100% positive to give special characters a separate series for each
typeface. I thought of solving this by using a dash, but that's not perfect
either. To keep one typeface + color more logically together, I still lean in
favour to a DOS-friendly non-alphanumeric character like dash. So, if we number
like this:
3005pv6.dat for Brick 1 x 1 with Lightblue "6" Pattern
then
Brick 1 x 1 with Lightblue Colon Pattern is given 3005pv-k.dat
and
Brick 1 x 1 with Blue O Dieresis Pattern is given 3005pt-e.dat instead of
3005pue.dat
But, I can live with it, whatever decision is finally taken.
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Adding a keyword or category common for all letters and numbers before
officialization would be great. (When it comes to selecting good keywords, there
has been a trend towards using very correct but to me (and other
non-English/Americans?) unfamiliar terms.) As Letters and Numbers are the first
words to come to my mind, so I suggest all single character parts should have a
line like this:
0 KEYWORDS letter, number
- even if there must be a more accurate term that covers all three categories.
That's my suggestion.
/Tore
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| (...) Ah. OK, then - I'll definitely leave all these as a single set, instead of trying to categorize them into the different (known) typefaces. Steve (23 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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