Print unknown characters using microsteps

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Print unknown characters using microsteps #66

Open ArchibaldBienetre opened 4 years ago

ArchibaldBienetre commented 4 years ago

We will likely never get a type wheel (Typenrad, = disc with Erika's character set) that has relatively new symbols, such as

the Euro sign
emoji

As a workaround, we could instead use Erika's microstep feature, which is already wired up, tested and working.

sirexeclp commented 4 years ago

€ could be printed as C and = overlay do we have a = ?

ArchibaldBienetre commented 4 years ago

Good point, we could use other hacks to print unknown characters. That should be a separate issue, though, imo.

We could apply a multi-step fallback - try the character combination hack first (for EUR, Yen, ... Pound, simple Emoji?), then resort pixelwise printing as suggested here.