Eurostile, the dollar sign, and a font for tiny screens

Links worth a look, week 17

Links I shared over on social.omgmog.net between 20 April and 26 April, mostly without comment, but worth a second look.

Typeset in the Future tracks every time classic sci-fi fonts like Eurostile turn up in films.

Fontspots: Eurostile

RobWords digs into where the dollar sign actually came from.

A 5x5 pixel font designed for tiny microcontroller screens.

5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens (Maurycy's blog)

The first custom emulation frontend for Nintendo Switch.

tico - Custom Emulation Frontend for Nintendo Switch

Rad Nostalgia on the rise and fall of Micro Machines.

that's it.

Rotating Sandwiches

For Those About To Rock (We Salute You).

Game Boy Hero II by The Great Foohachi

A blog about software craft and quality.

Unsung

Personal blog of Stephen Diehl - Software engineer writing about technology, programming, and the future.

A Field Guide to Bugs - Stephen Diehl

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