Very tiny fonts

> Hi,
>
> While discussing Visualisations, we realized we want *really* tiny fonts...
>
> Here is a hand-drawn sub-pixel font that is just 5 pixels high...
>
> http://typophile.com/node/61920
>
>
> Now we need to make a font for Pharo...

>
> On Dec 2, 2009, at 6:06 PM, Marcus Denker wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> While discussing Visualisations, we realized we want *really* tiny  
>> fonts...
>>
>> Here is a hand-drawn sub-pixel font that is just 5 pixels high...
>>
>> http://typophile.com/node/61920
>>
>>
>> Now we need to make a font for Pharo...
>
> we should check in addition how good/bad freetype or the mac  
> renderes tinty fonts from
> the standard truetype fonts.
>
> Marcus
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> What is the point of a font so small that I can hardly read it?
>
> Or is it just me and I need new glasses?
>
> Adrian
>
> On Dec 2, 2009, at 18:09 , Marcus Denker wrote:
>
>>
>> On Dec 2, 2009, at 6:06 PM, Marcus Denker wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> While discussing Visualisations, we realized we want *really* tiny  
>>> fonts...
>>>
>>> Here is a hand-drawn sub-pixel font that is just 5 pixels high...
>>>
>>> http://typophile.com/node/61920
>>>
>>>
>>> Now we need to make a font for Pharo...
>>
>> we should check in addition how good/bad freetype or the mac  
>> renderes tinty fonts from
>> the standard truetype fonts.
>>
>> Marcus
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> visualizations.
> We would love to have such a tiny font. If I would know how to do  
> that I would already have done it.
>
> Stef
>
> On Dec 2, 2009, at 10:19 PM, Adrian Lienhard wrote:
>
>> What is the point of a font so small that I can hardly read it?
>>
>> Or is it just me and I need new glasses?
>>
>> Adrian
>>
>> On Dec 2, 2009, at 18:09 , Marcus Denker wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 2, 2009, at 6:06 PM, Marcus Denker wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> While discussing Visualisations, we realized we want *really* tiny
>>>> fonts...
>>>>
>>>> Here is a hand-drawn sub-pixel font that is just 5 pixels high...
>>>>
>>>> http://typophile.com/node/61920
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Now we need to make a font for Pharo...
>>>
>>> we should check in addition how good/bad freetype or the mac
>>> renderes tinty fonts from
>>> the standard truetype fonts.
>>>
>>> Marcus
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>>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
>>
>>
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> Hi,
>
> While discussing Visualisations, we realized we want *really* tiny fonts...
>
> Here is a hand-drawn sub-pixel font that is just 5 pixels high...
>
> http://typophile.com/node/61920
>
>
> Now we need to make a font for Pharo...
>
> Marcus
>
>
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