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		Dwedit 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Two Slice, a font that's only 2px tall Meanwhile, 3x5 fonts are actually usable.

synack 5 months ago | [–]

I’m a fan of “Tom Thumb” for small OLED displays. https://robey.lag.net/2010/01/23/tiny-monospace-font.html

I wrote a kinda goofy Ada library for it https://github.com/JeremyGrosser/tiny_text

Borg3 5 months ago | | [–]

Yep, and very easy to read on low resolution. Master Of Orion have 3x5 fonts and they are very clear and easy to read.

cben 5 months ago | [–]

PICO-8 code editor uses one I think.

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