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Re: LEGO element fonts
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Thu, 25 Jan 2001 08:05:26 GMT
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I think you can study from dot metric LED, for example, 5x7 dot metrics,
basically use 1x1 bricks, maybe use 1x2 sloped bricks in corner, so that you
got the same size letters.

Zhengrong

sebarile-MOBL wrote:

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?

SteveB



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  Re: LEGO element fonts
 
(...) Better yet, use the 'Small Fonts' font in Windows, then pick the point size for the height of letters required in pixels. 'Small Fonts' is actually a set of custom-designed fonts at precise pixel heights, unlike the True-Type fonts (e.g. (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)

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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? SteveB (23 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)

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