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		Freak_NL on June 28, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Typecasting: The Use and Misuse of Period Typograp... There may be several practical reasons for doing that though. CRT screens create weird effects on camera, and maintaining a bunch of functional ageing hardware is going to get a lot harder as time goes on for complex electronics that have been superseded by modern technology.

kgwgk on June 28, 2017 [–]

They could simulate it: http://www.secretgeometry.com/apps/cathode/

majewsky on June 28, 2017 | | [–]

This is awesome! I looked in my package manager and saw there's also an open-source cathode terminal emulator that also supports Linux: https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

vidarh on June 28, 2017 | | [–]

Some emulators has built in support for various degrees of simulation of CRTs too.

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