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The C64 Dead Test Font(masswerk.at)
45 points by masswerk 6 hours ago | 4 comments
rob74 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

In Germany (maybe also Austria?), that font is probably best known from the logo of major computer magazine/site CHIP (https://www.chip.de/). Although, for some unfathomable reason, the C in the "dead test font" doesn't have the characteristic "thickening" in the lower vertical part, although the G has it...

krige 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Good ol' It's A Computer (tm) font. A good while back I've been using Westminster in every piece of UI I wrote for myself. Maybe I should start doing that again.

bitwize an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I love the "MICR line"-like appearance, fonts of which type were heavily used in the 1970s and 1980s to indicate "computer/technology stuff".

Chaosvex 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Seeing typos like 'resulation' is now a nice hint that a human wrote the article.

Nice exploration, bit of quirky fun.