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Title: 1px font
Pixel Artist: onek  (Level 6 Hitman :: 6151 points)
Posted: 2/7/2010 7:34:46 PM
Palette: 8 colors
Statistics: 54 comments :: 30 favorites :: 0 avatars

after a long time submitting nothing im coming up with this boring crap now... sry ^^

its some experimental font i tried.. each symbol, except M and W...is actually only 1 pixel wide and uses the subpixels, meaning the red, green and blue units of a pixel...  if you go rly close to the screen u might be able to see them ...

funny thing is that it doesnt work anymore if scaled up (bottom, 3x ) or rotated (right, 90` cw) .. which makes it some kind of cryptograph...

hope im coming up with some nicer stuff in the future ;D

What do you think?

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Friend (Level 2 Kukyu) at 10/21/2011 8:07:58 PM

how did you come up with this idea??


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solrac (Level 1 Rookie) at 9/8/2011 8:59:23 AM

I can read the alphabet! This is great.


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LowlySquid (Level 2 Hired Gun) at 8/25/2011 1:57:13 PM

 Mind: blown.


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showtime (Level 5 Soldier) at 7/5/2011 8:47:30 AM

I never believed in subpixels until now!



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W M (Level 1 Thug) at 4/1/2011 1:19:11 PM

 Absolutely wonderful! This really makes me want to look into subpixeling in more depth. Such a powerful concept.


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Sinsky (Level 4 Murderer) at 3/9/2011 4:28:30 AM

Great, I can read it!


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eliotfellow (Level 7 Assassin) at 1/16/2011 12:25:19 PM

 Thank you!!


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onek (Level 6 Hitman) at 1/16/2011 11:48:26 AM

@eliofellow:

yeah.. you can use it ;D


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fawful (Level 6 Yonkyu) at 1/15/2011 7:30:42 PM

i cannot read this and find it creepy that other people can

 

this must be some kind of black magic i am imune to


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eliotfellow (Level 7 Assassin) at 1/15/2011 5:52:23 PM

This is lovely. . . can I use it in a piece? I'll credit you in the description and provide a link to this page of course.


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onek (Level 6 Hitman) at 12/6/2010 10:11:13 AM

the 3rd column is just symbols, ....like , . : ; ! ? ( ) / + %


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momovampire (Level 2 Flatfoot) at 11/11/2010 2:02:33 PM

On the LCD I am viewing, the third column is indistinct, although I can read the rest...

I think it works best on older LCDs with larger subpixels.

Also, some LCDs have reversed subpixels. This font is designed for screens that are R-G-B. The characters may be reversed if your screen is B-G-R.

And then, there are those weird Samsung PenTile OLEDs...

 


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Psychotron-3000 (Level 5 Detective) at 10/15/2010 10:14:21 PM

No way! My eyes hurt now but so cool!


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Clairvoire (Level 1 Gangster) at 10/7/2010 8:22:27 PM

Whoanelly hotdogs that's awesome! 

I duelscreen with an old CRT and an LCD, seems to like the LCD one much better, aha.


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lucas_irineu (Level 8 Cannibal) at 8/21/2010 9:41:32 AM

 Man, this is incredibly awesome. I find it hard expressing how much I love this. Those tiny letters are perfect.


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Vectomon (Level 2 Hired Gun) at 8/7/2010 7:39:20 PM

Is this one of those "Only smart people can hear this whistle" kind of thing? D:


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ev149 (Level 4 Murderer) at 7/27/2010 5:07:26 AM

Awesome!  I have to get really close to the monitor, but it looks epic. 


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Mathias (Level 4 Shichikyu) at 5/18/2010 10:15:26 PM

still dont see it


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Jabber (Level 3 Private Eye) at 5/18/2010 5:16:30 PM

 Holy hell, it works. Brilliant, truly; I didn't even know people did things like this.


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Presley (Level 1 Seaman) at 5/6/2010 3:46:53 AM

Genius!

For those struggling to make out the characters, get up nice and close to your monitor, it may be that your eyes are doing the blending that is illustrated in the 2x characters, you need to be able to see the subpixel elements for it to work


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TheZakMan (Level 2 Kukyu) at 5/2/2010 4:02:56 PM

wow! i read  hello world!

 

( @_______@ )"             wth! how do u discover that? 


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1ucas (Level 5 Soldier) at 5/1/2010 1:26:49 AM

Fucking genius.


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ooshmaster (Level 5 Soldier) at 4/16/2010 11:00:18 PM

smallest font ever! I'd seen sub-pixel fonts before, but this is just crazy. certainly beats my 3x3 font, although that's not a sub-pixel font. amazing job though, blew my mind.


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onek (Level 6 Hitman) at 4/14/2010 5:39:36 AM

 check ur settings.... or ur eyes ;D


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Mathias (Level 4 Shichikyu) at 4/13/2010 10:15:06 AM

Got a Dell 19" LCD.


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onek (Level 6 Hitman) at 4/13/2010 4:46:12 AM

doesnt work on crt's 


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Mathias (Level 4 Shichikyu) at 4/13/2010 2:23:32 AM

Don't see it.


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krskel (Level 1 Rookie) at 4/1/2010 1:03:00 PM

thats just awesome!


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krskel (Level 1 Rookie) at 4/1/2010 12:59:16 PM

thats just awesome!


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B_j0k3r0 (Level 3 Sergeant) at 3/9/2010 10:05:53 PM

I agree :O wow haha.. i was like, omg cant be posible..


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Justincrdibl (Level 3 Private Eye) at 2/21/2010 6:32:39 PM

YOU ARE A GOD!!! This is so cool! You just took pixel art to a new level


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varuks (Level 1 Rookie) at 2/13/2010 2:39:49 AM

i must trie it!


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varuks (Level 1 Rookie) at 2/13/2010 2:37:21 AM

wow i finaly read it.my pattern of reqading it -> !


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kevink (Level 2 Flatfoot) at 2/11/2010 2:54:03 PM

This stuff is pretty amazing. Great sense of color blending.


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Kaiseto (Level 6 Made) at 2/10/2010 3:22:38 PM

Ha! I wasn't impressed until I realized that I could read "Hello World!" when it was scaled to 1x. It's completely illegible at 2x. Ah, subpixelling is cool. Kudos.


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Irata (Level 1 Rookie) at 2/10/2010 3:14:22 PM

That's just like the ol' VIC 20 or C-64 when you would go into a certain screen mode (using the POKE command) and all text you typed would appear similar to this.  Very cool.


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Sengir (Level 1 Intern) at 2/10/2010 9:18:03 AM

Real trippy, mate! 


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Christoballs (Level 2 Quiet One) at 2/10/2010 8:11:39 AM

Very cool!


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Ambient (Level 5 Captain) at 2/10/2010 6:43:01 AM

 That, sir, is not boring crap. That's fascinating!


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DJD (Level 4 Button Man) at 2/9/2010 9:47:21 PM

wow, put my face close to the monitor and was able to read it quickly and easily. That's incredible!



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DarkfalzX (Level 5 Sniper) at 2/9/2010 3:25:33 PM

Cool idea, but it doesn't work on my CRT monitor as it just kinda blurs together, and doesn't work on my LCD because it just looks too crisp - so I'm not sure how is this supposed to work.


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JediDude (Level 4 Murderer) at 2/9/2010 3:05:29 PM

 When I understood this, my mouth dropped.


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xXHalfieXx (Level 4 Lieutenant) at 2/9/2010 3:00:04 PM

This is so cool.


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Nightmare Maker (Level 7 Underboss) at 2/9/2010 2:40:40 PM

It took me a while to get it, but once I did, AWESOME! XD


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Flarfy (Level 5 Detective) at 2/9/2010 1:42:02 PM

Hmm... Can't see it on my screen. But the idea is very cool.


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Photocopier (Level 11 Godfather) at 2/9/2010 12:57:04 PM

woah this is unbelievable! How did you work it all out? 


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varuks (Level 1 Rookie) at 2/9/2010 4:42:51 AM

wow dude! you could be a spy. why is this not in the galery?!


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onek (Level 6 Hitman) at 2/9/2010 3:43:03 AM

 yeah depends on ur screen somehow... on my laptop its clearly visible but on, this iMac in school where im writing this,  its just blurry...


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rustEdge (Level 2 Quiet One) at 2/8/2010 9:35:22 PM

Need an old, OLD CRT to see this one clearly. Or maybe a portable device. XD

Still, it's a pretty interesting experiment.


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Carnivac (Level 8 Shodan) at 2/8/2010 4:54:59 PM

Interesting but it's like them magic eye pictures to me.  I can't see it.


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Josiah (Level 9 Federal Agent) at 2/8/2010 4:17:12 PM

At first I couldn't make out the lettering, but when i got closer to the screen I was able to read it! Very nice ;)

 


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Robinhood (Level 9 Boss) at 2/8/2010 2:36:16 PM

Holy fuzznuts. 

Thats not logically possible, but freaking epic man ;D


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tomic (Level 11 Admiral) at 2/8/2010 12:40:50 PM

wow.

readability confirmation code: HELLO WORLD!

faved, also.


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Jeremy (Level 11 Special Agent) at 2/8/2010 1:16:22 AM

 That's creepily awesome :D


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