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[challenge entry] Bullfrog

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(, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 7:18, archived)
# Crikey
or croaky
(, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 7:20, archived)
# ba-dum
tish

TJ: can anyone identify this eyechart's font for me? Pretty please?

www.nap.edu/html/visual_impairments/ch2_f1.html
(, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 7:21, archived)
# try enlarging the picture
(, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 7:22, archived)
# that is the most useful thing
i've seen in ages

it's wizardry, I tell thee
(, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 7:25, archived)
# Close....

It is actually voodoo;)
(, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 8:46, archived)
# I
can't read it clearly.

budum dum tish
(, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 7:23, archived)
# hardly original
but:
(, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 7:47, archived)
# what was the font
then?
(, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 7:51, archived)
# "Farao Black"
was the closest, (though the R is wrong). Tried to charge me $36 for it, so I nicked the letters I needed from the preview. Haha, nobs.

I've got a sneaking suspicion it's just a really bold Courier..
(, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 7:58, archived)
# ah ok
courier has rounded edges though?
(, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 8:06, archived)
# Courier New does
old-skool Courier is more square



One on the left is New

edit: here's the original chart one:
(, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 8:12, archived)
# woo
way to prove myself wrong.
(, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 8:13, archived)
# this is so outdated
(, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 8:12, archived)
# there's quite a lot to read there
care to summarise?
(, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 8:14, archived)
# that
approach to diagnosing blindness and visual impairment in children hasn't been used for a few years, for good reason.

edit: this is good though "With charts of the recommended and more modern design, the literal application of the SSA criterion is that the standard is met when no letters at all can be read at the 20/160 level or smaller. However, the common practice has been and remains testing acuity with charts that have no intermediate sizes between 20/100 and 20/200. As it has been most commonly applied, this means that the SSA standard is met when no letters at all can be read at the 20/100 size or smaller. We are not recommending a change from the criterion for Impairment of Central Visual Acuity. We do, however, recommend standardization of chart design, which would raise policy issues for SSA. "


edit edit: a lot of that is valid, but a lot is about 10 years behind or so. Not wrong, there is just newer research. And I'm going to shut up now, because I'm the biggest nerd on the planet.
(, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 8:19, archived)
# edito
I'll admit, my nerdiness never extended to optometry
(, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 8:23, archived)
# hrmm...
(, Wed 1 Oct 2003, 7:21, archived)