Love this article!
Signed, someone who has an obsession with segmented displays
Love this article!
Signed, someone who has an obsession with segmented displays
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Penn_Sta...
I do miss the split flap displays at the Boston and Providence Amtrak stations though…
https://www.reitberger.de/English/Large%20displays/Alphanume...
https://www.reitberger.de/English/Broadsheet/Prospekt_GA_AFA...
These are very common here.
It had 43 segments (each character had a 13 segment column, 17 segments column, then another 13 segment column that was a mirror of the first). You can see the segment shape on the original sign:
https://media.wired.com/photos/59327db4aef9a462de983397/3:2/...
The same segment design was used on in Spain along with a more angular version:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210602143217im_/https://pbs.tw...