Rule 84, etc
NightAuthor, Arrange a high density led strip in this layout, the individually addressable ones. Then you’ve got a new digit display style
MyUnclesSecret, You can make every digit 0-9 with a boxy 8. Look at any 7 segment display.
6daemonbag, I think you might like this.
YeetPics, (edited ) 
This is literally 11 84’s
hglman, Its 11 1234567890s
phoenixz, Pro tip for if you need to scratch out sensitive penned down text: don’t scratch it out, it’ll still be readable. Instead write other similar numbers and letters over it. Have a 9? Write a p over it, then use the circle for the bottom of an 8, then write a B over the p… it’ll be impossible to discern what the original letter or number was. Do this for all letters and you’re good.
Neato, 
TIL dban exists for physical media.
MyNameIsIgglePiggle, I find setting fire to said sensitive text is usually pretty effective.
If that’s not enough, separating the ashes and sending them to different continents works pretty well too.
Gork, Don’t give New Years party glasses manufacturers any more ideas.
lugal, They won’t do it because they can only sell them once
SmoochyPit, Literally 1984
herzberd, 
Makes me think of this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTB5XhjbgZA
merde, (edited ) It’s a great watch for those that haven’t BTW, I’d recommend it if you’re curious
thanks for the link. it’s a pleasure to watch “if you’re curious”
it’s a very interesting channel
Gormadt, 
Straight up this is exactly what came to .ind for me as well
It’s a great watch for those that haven’t BTW, I’d recommend it if you’re curious
Ddhuud, Have you ever seen a 7 segments display?
anhkagi, French 
Yeah I thought about that too
Nioxic, I never write 4 that way, though
Blastasaurus, Me neither. I also cross my 7’s.
Gormadt, Funny, I do box top 4’s but don’t cross my 7’s
My 9’s also have a tail pointing straight down though
revoopy, I argue that when presented with 9 normal looking numbers, the o is not an acceptable alternative to 0
AnUnusualRelic, 
It just looks like a lowercase 0. Lowercase digits often look better anyway.
norawibb, what
AnUnusualRelic, Look up lowercase digits in your typography manual and be enlightened. And also start making nicer documents.
miss_brainfart, 
So many fonts just do whatever to be different and stand out from the crowd, but all it does is making it easier to avoid them
saigot, I want a clock that illuminates like this, but I guess it’d need to be able to flip to really do it with just a 4 and 8.
Wirlocke, It wouldn’t need to flip if you just make a symmetrical upsidedown 4 on the topside of the 8.
m_r_butts, deleted_by_author
saigot, I made one of those a while back, I like it a lot, but I sort of like the idea of the numbers have a different vertical height, I may have to try @Wirlocke 's idea and do a 484 design.
merde,
Beeko, Only with a rectangular 8. Doesn’t work for a ‘real’ 8. This solves that issue.
yetAnotherUser, Except you have to turn the thing on its head for some numbers which I consider a worse tradeoff.
merde, watch the video linked in another comment. There are circle based 7 segment displays, if you realy need those curves.
i can see from how you did ‘real’ that 8, that i don’t need to remind you that there are no real 🖐️✌️🖕 :)
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pastermil, This. Wake up, people!
atocci, 
I found myself down a YouTube rabbit hole once of people one-upping each other by making segmented displays with fewer and fewer segments and seeing who could use the least and still have it be decipherable for all numbers
SpaceNoodle, Minimum is 4 for ten digits
atocci, There was a smaller subset that challenged themselves with 3 segment displays for 0-6
SpaceNoodle, Got a link to anything about that? I’d love to check it out but am having trouble finding anything.
atocci, Here's one I had in my YouTube history
I like the top comment hereat this point it's honestly easier to read a row of leds displaying the number in binary
I found another one but I feel like it's cheating since one of the segments is divided into two parts that light together.
SpaceNoodle, Thanks! They’re terrible, but it gets the juices flowing …
asbestos, 
Please give links
Blyfh, It was mentioned in another comment.
atocci, It all started when I watched this video that was linked in the other comment, and then YouTube recommended more of them for days after that.
A small selection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B887D3PVYqs&t=4s&pp=ygUSc2VnbWVudGVkIGRpc3BsYXlz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQvuIq6fXEw&pp=ygUSc2VnbWVudGVkIGRpc3BsYXlz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Vm76gvrvY&pp=ygUSc2VnbWVudGVkIGRpc3BsYXlz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9YZ3I4M56g&pp=ygUSc2VnbWVudGVkIGRpc3BsYXlz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBiq1A11RK4&pp=ygURNCBzZWdtZW50IGRpc3BsYXk%3D
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