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Re: LEGO element fonts
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 23 Jan 2001 18:12:17 GMT
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Here's the home depot letters
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=774
SteveB
PNLTC
In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Steven Barile writes:
> > Slightly off topic I was thinking about LEGO fonts since building these
> > stores. It seems that a 3x3 grid including slopes seems to work reasonably.
> > The addition of plates and there is a lot od flexability. Any ideas on the
> > topic?
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> > SteveB
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> Tricky - slopes can only be used in front of a surface, not embedded in a
> wall (not without leaving gaps).
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> Using bricks and plates embedded in a wall is another option, but the
> problem here is that horizontal lines can be thin, but vertical lines have
> to be a brick thick. Probably best to use plates for vertical positioning,
> but keep the horizontals of the text to two or three plates thick. You
> could build the text strip sideways, but that just transposes the problem.
>
> Purely pixel text needs at least 3x5 with 1 spacing to be readable. You can
> even do upper/lower case in this too. Preferably 5x5 to distinguish 'M' and
> 'W' clearly, though you can always vary the width depending on the letter.
> Using plates this gives 3 studs by 5 plates, or 5 studs by 5 plates - which
> are very squashed characters. Clearly you need to stretch these to be
> taller, as generally characters are more naturally readable when their
> height is a little greater than their width.
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> So, one solution would be a 3 stud wide character, 3 bricks high. This
> gives nine plates high, to use in the pattern 2-2-1-2-2. Hence a 3x5 grid.
> An 'L' could be done in 2 wide, 'N' in 4 wide, and 'W' and 'M' in 5 wide as
> specific variations. You could also do 3 bricks + 1 plate high (10 plates),
> or use 3 studs by 5 bricks and you won't need plates. Finally, using plates
> you could vary heights of the verticals slightly - you don't have to stick
> absolutely to the 2 or 3 plate pattern. It just depends on how many plates
> you have.
>
> Jason.
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