Eight-segment display

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An eight-segment display is a type of display based on eight segments that can be turned on or off according to the font pattern to be produced.

Contents

It is similar to a nine-segment display whose middle vertical bars are vertical, except that on an eight-segment display, the bars F and G are merged.

Applications

It was used, for instance, in the calculator Sharp EL-8, producing more rounded digits than a seven-segment display, but fewer possible digits it can display because the bars F and G are merged (see table below).

Displaying

An eight segment display can sometimes display characters with less readability because the segments F and G are combined and the corners are rounded. It is unable to display the following characters for this reason:

Characters able to be displayed by a seven-segment display but unable to be displayed by an eight-segment display
ScriptCharactersDisplays as
LatinC, c, d, G, L, N, n, 0, o, r, U, Z, ƏCharactersWhat they display as on an eight-segment display
GreekΓ, Ζ, Ν, Ξ, Ο, ο, Π, πC, [, (E
CyrillicГ, г, д, П, п, Эc, L, r, гt
Others0, (, [, ", ^, -, /, ?d, U
G6
N, Ν, λ, Π, ПA
n, π, пh
o, οb
Z, Ζ,e
0, O, Ə, Ο, д8
Γ, ГF
Ξ
Э9
"˅
^°
-`
/µ
?P

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