DSEG: A Free Digital Segment Font for 7-Segment and 14-Segment Displays
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Summary
DSEG is a free digital font designed to resemble LED and digital clock segment displays. It includes three variants: DSEG7 (7-segment display), DSEG14 (14-segment display), and DSEGWeather (LCD-style weather icons). The font is available under the SIL Open Font License (for v0.30 and later) and supports web use via woff format. The article provides usage specifications including colon/space width matching for blinking effects and zero-width periods to prevent spacing issues between digits.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledLEDやデジタル時計を意識したデジタル数字フォント「DSEG」(でぃーせぐ、と読む)を公開しています。
7SEG表示の「DSEG7」、14SEG表示の「DSEG14」、液晶表示風お天気アイコンの「DSEGWeather」を用意しています。
コロン(U+003A)":"と半角スペース(U+0020)" "のフォント幅を同じにしているため、コロンを半角スペースに置き換えるだけで点滅表現ができます。
ピリオド(U+002E)"."のフォント幅を0にしていますので、桁と桁の間にピリオドを打っても、文字間隔が変化しません。
Javascript+CSS3でコーディングしたデジタル時計のサンプルです。フォントをwoff形式で読み込んでおり、画像は使っていません。
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