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msarnoffyesterday at 9:28 PM2 repliesview on HN

I have seen these throughout the US and Europe and been fascinated by them. Penn Station has (had? been a while) a big one with more segments per character. I’ve been trying forever to find the name of this particular style of segmented displays and get more info on them. The closest I could find is “mosaic display.”

Love this article!

Signed, someone who has an obsession with segmented displays


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sho_hnyesterday at 9:54 PM

It's probably Reitberger's 38-segment AFA alphanumeric LCD:

https://www.reitberger.de/English/Large%20displays/Alphanume...

https://www.reitberger.de/English/Broadsheet/Prospekt_GA_AFA...

These are very common here.

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