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Airbus B612 Cockpit Font

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181 points Bogdanp | 3 comments | 03 Sep 25 14:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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crabl ◴[03 Sep 25 15:15 UTC] No.45116788[source]▶
It's interesting to me that those fonts seem to include ink traps: curious if this has anything to do with the display tech that's used in the cockpit
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1. wrs ◴[03 Sep 25 15:39 UTC] No.45117069[source]▶
Ooh, great question. I guess “ink” traps would actually make sense for CRT displays due to phosphor bleed. (See the design of the VT100 font.) However, according to Wikipedia Airbus started using LCDs well before this font was made.
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2. Nextgrid ◴[03 Sep 25 23:15 UTC] No.45121402[source]▶
Firmware updates could account for this font being used on much earlier hardware though?

The monitors (or DUs for “display unit”) could remain old but the underlying computers could’ve been upgraded.

3. eternityforest ◴[05 Sep 25 06:37 UTC] No.45135594[source]▶
Maybe it's beneficial from a human factors perspective to have one font for printouts and screens?