[sdiy] Why are 7-segment LED displays oblique?

[Vladimir Pantelic]

my guess is it's in order to have the digits closer together and still fit the 
dot inbetween. think of the dot! :)

On 07/04/18 16:25, Mattias Rickardsson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was looking through the supplies of small 7-segment LED displays recently, and 
> suddenly realised how the displayed digits are all slanted and how uncommon it 
> is to have them upright. We occasionally see upright LED displays, but we're so 
> used to slanted numbers that the upright ones almost feel like they are slanted 
> backwards.
> 
> What's the historic reason behind this in the optoelectronics industry? When did 
> these displays first appear in mass-market products, were they popularized by 
> some special kind of products or era that promoted this style?
> 
> Why oblique, why not upright - or, for that matter, italic? ;-)
> 
> /mr
> 
> 
> 
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