This looks like a great keyboard for text graphics. There are dedicated keys for switching character sets, choosing and defining colours, manipulating fonts (DCRS), etc. Towards the top right, it looks like a dedicated set of keys for “pixeling” on a sub-char level?
This is the TBT-03 keyboard by Loewe, for the MCT 26 television. Circa 1984. It is used for the German videotex format BTX (and possibly other similar CEPT-standards like the Mupid?). Found here. Also see the TBT-02 keyboard
All the works in this post by Julian Hespenheide, 2023. link
Charset: ░▒▓█▄▀│┤╣║╚╔╗╝┐╩└╦╠┴═┬├╬─┼┘┌¦┼└┴┬├┐
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Resolution= 1024×1024 [3]
Grid size= 64×64
Char sets= ·▀▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█▉▊▋▌▍▎▏▐░▒▓▔▕▖▗▘▙▚▛▜▝▞▟▎▍▌▋▊▉▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▀
Font= C64ProMono-16
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Resolution= 1024×1024 [3]
Grid size= 64×64
Char sets= ·▙▚▛▜▝▞▟
Font= C64ProMono-16
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Resolution= 1024×1024 [3]
Grid size= 64×64
Char sets= ·-@[]��!”#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?Ä�|╮╰╯╲╱ù�╭╳○��Åã◥ÝÜ▔_▎²◤Ã▗À¿▂ÚÁ´▍▃▖▝Ù▘▚Û◘◙◣Þß▇▊◢▛▋▆▅▜▙▟▞stuvwxyz✓\^`{}~
Font= C64ProMono-16
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Resolution : 1080×1080
Grid size : 100×100
Radius : *1.5
Char sets : ░▒▓▔▕▖▗▘▙▚▛▜▝▞▟
WEAVING PATTERNS FOR POETRY by Egidija Čiricaitė, 2023. Part of the TYPEWRITTEN series from psw gallery.
Julian Hespenheide, 2021. link
grid=75×75 / tiles= 8px
String charSet = ” !#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~”;
font=Courier New
Julian Hespenheide, 2023
Resolution : 1080×1080
Grid size : 60×60
Radius : *1.2
Char sets : ▒░░▒▒ ░░░▒▒▓▔▕▖▗▘▙▚▛▜▝▞▟▒▒▒░░ ░ ░ ▒▒▒▒▓▓▓▓
2023
Grid size= 48×48
Char sets= ↑↗→↘↓˙◤◤◢..◤◤◢◢⋰⋱/:_◜◞
2023
Resolution : 1080×1080
Grid size : 64×64
Radius : *2.0
Char sets : ░▒▓▔▕▖▗▘▙▚▛▜▝▞▟
2023
Resolution : 1080×1080
Grid size : 128×128
Radius : *1.2
Char sets : $@B%8&WM#*oahkbdpqwmZO0QLCJUYXzcvunxrjft/\|()1{}[]?-_+~<>i!lI;:,\”^`’.
2023
Resolution= 1080×1080
Grid size= 64×64
Char sets= ↑↗→↘↓˙╷┬┐┌─╴╶╵┴┘└│┤├
2022
Resolution= 600×600 [0]
Grid size= 100×100
Char sets= ░▒▓▔▕▖▗▘▙▚▛▜▝▞▟
Font= C64Pro-6
We’ve got some catching up to do with Julian Hespenheide, who’s been productive with code, charsets and fonts while this blog was in hiatus mode. This is a circular selection, but more stuff is coming.
Study Rug by Anni Albers, based on the original design from 1926.
Lena Weber makes incredible variable typefaces that are very graphical, like Gradial used here. It doesn’t look like it, but all this is made of (variable) text characters. Like these:
