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Marcin Wichary on Nostr: I wonder if the LINC computer from 1962 is the first pixel font on a display, ever. ...

I wonder if the LINC computer from 1962 is the first pixel font on a display, ever.

The font was 4x6, and the small screen seems to hold only 25x12 characters.

The font is so simple it took up half a page in a manual. I’m curious if it was designed by Mary Allen Wilkes?