the LUG has a ridiculous supply of red light bricks
This statement recently spawned discussion about a mechanized ticker-tape type message board which uses the red light bricks. To continue those good ideas further, would anyone suggest a grid size that would generate letters?
My first thought is that the minimum size would use a grid that is 5 pixels high. In the following example, the WIDTHS of the letters are restricted to 3 pixels, and several of the letters, including M are hard to decipher.
https://render.fontstruct.com/renderer/render?id=716744&v=5a409695&w=800&h=400&sz=100&wr=1&pds=all
Of course, with moving letters, one is not necessarily limited to a certain width for each letter, so this problem could be fixed.
A grid of 8 by 8 makes more easily distinguishable characters and allows for a spacing of two pixels wide between letters,
https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/pixel-font-vector-set-pixel-letters-english-alphabet-67779148.jpg
but that means using 64 light bricks per character! Then, because the light bricks are each two studs wide, the width of a standard baseplate could only hold two characters. So, just spelling out the word LEGO would take two baseplates and require about 256 individual light bricks!
Of course if we only use light bricks to illuminate a static word made with transparent parts, that could be an interesting addition to our displays. The LUG could use light bricks to show off an iconic Pittsburgh sign, (like the one below,) in a building facade. Any thoughts?