Segmented Displays

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Posy surveys segmented displays, from the familiar seven-segment digits to displays with more segments, and looks at the shapes designers chose for numbers and letters on them. The video is a calm, detailed look at an everyday kind of lettering.

HN returns to it whenever seven-segment displays come up, as a favorite video on how digit shapes are designed and varied.

“Posy’s YouTube video about them is pure gold”

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@tocs32026 · in “A Brief History of the Crazy Old 7-Segment Display”
When I see something about seven segment displays I think about one of my favorite YouTube videos. ▶ this video
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@gherkinnn2026 · in “Air Powered Segment Display? [video]”
If you liked the pneumatic segmented display like I did, here is a meditative video on alternative segmented displays. ▶ this video No affiliation, just one of my favourite videos.
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@georgestagg2025 · in “"DSEG": Original 7-segment and 14-segment fonts (2014)”
If you’re at all interested in segmented displays Posy’s YouTube video about them is pure gold: ▶ this video
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@vladde2024 · in “Don't use 7-segment displays (2011) [pdf]”
Posy made a wonderful video about different numbered segment designs ▶ this video
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@tocs32024 · in “Words you can spell with a calculator (2005)”
To make your calculator word search more attractive here is a video about segmented display fonts. ▶ this video
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@FirmwareBurner2024 · in “Segmented Displays [video]”
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@gusgordon2023 · in “Segmented Displays [video]”
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@sph2023 · in “Four-Byte Burger [video]”
A similar channel in style, thoroughness and love for the 80s and 90s is Posy. link Recommended if you want to see deep, geeky and fun explorations of the world of liquid crystal displays, Hi-Fi stereos and anything that tickles his fancy. A good starting point: "Segmented Displays" — ▶ this video
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@fortran772022 · in “Segmented Displays”
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@ashergill2022 · in “Segmented Displays [video]”
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