The little things, preserved.
The Q's low hook and the diagonal through zero preserve the distinctive shapes of the photographed keys.
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A return to the lettering under your fingertips. Reconstructed from keyboard photographs, then normalized with parallel stems, level bars, matched bowls, and shared stroke widths.
Type directly above. Lowercase uses the uppercase key legends.
! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + - / : ; < = > ? @ £ [ ] ← ↑ → ↓
Narrow, with room to breathe.
A plain vertical I, broad M and W, consistent cap height, parallel stems, and proportional spacing. Numerals have equal advances.
A few practical additions.
Accented capitals, typographic punctuation, and missing ASCII symbols are constructed extensions. The photographed core remains separately documented.
Private-use characters keep the special legends separate from ordinary typing.
All 63 graphic legends, reconstructed as smooth outlines with their cell frames. On each key: Commodore on the left, Shift on the right. Click a symbol to insert it above.
Labels show PETSCII bytes in hexadecimal. These describe C64 uppercase/graphics mode; the font uses separate private-use characters. Shapes and mappings are documented; print weights and proportions are inferred. Pi also works with Commodore + up-arrow.
All 65 core shapes have been reconstructed using explicit geometric assumptions. The original photo traces are retained for comparison. View before and after.
