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i believe that 3x5 display is quite common and might not have its origin in SF

It seems identical to the displays used in NJ Transit trains.

NJ Transit uses 105-segment displays. Not only do they include lowercase letters, but the uppercase and numbers are noticeably different from MUNI's 38-segment displays.

ha :) https://www.reddit.com/r/typography/comments/1jp9juj/i_turne...

and from that discussion: https://aresluna.org/segmented-type/

in Vienna we have a 66 segment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vienna_u-bahn_display_clo...

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