About DM32

[Joe Horn]

(05-25-2023 11:08 AM)Martin Hepperle Wrote:  ... on the DM-32 they have overdone it with large characters plus bold.
Put e.g. a HP-35S besides these two - the printing on the HP looks more pleasant to me.

If I'm not mistaken, the larger and bolder keyboard font was adopted due to many requests from DM42 users over the years. The initial keyboard font for the DM42 was small and thin, but as time went by, it grew larger and bolder. Furthermore, the digits on the keys are exactly the same height (3mm) on the DM32 and HP 35s, and are a tad bolder on the HP 35s, not vice versa. The fonts on the HP 32SII also changed over time.

BTW, if anybody says that the displayed digits are too big on the DM32, please note that they are actually smaller than the displayed digits on the HP 32SII (5mm versus 6.5mm). Here's a single scan of all three models for comparison purposes.