Hypothetical WP 35S

[Joseph_21sv]

(01-19-2016 03:45 PM)walter b Wrote:  

(01-19-2016 03:23 PM)Joseph_21sv Wrote:  Why not just dispense with emulating a seven-segment display and have a pure alphanumeric display like the HP-35s?

We will have a pure alphanumeric display. Though within 132x16 pixels, the digit 8 (in a 5x9 matrix) will hardly look any different than shown. Feel free to propose a better digit design. Looking forward to it,

d:-)

The advantage of 5x9 dot matrices over a 7 segment display is that they can display alphanumeric characters more or less exactly as they appear typeset.