MTA Countdown Clock
MTA Countdown Clock
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I'm building a pixel-for-pixel replica of the NYC subway countdown clocks. These tell when the next train will be arriving; my plan is to hook it into the MTA's real-time data feed so that we can display authentic times for our office and hackerspace. Sources are bundled with LEDscape for now.
![](https://live.staticflickr.com/3786/13202540865_6b93c080cb_o.png)
The font is recreated from lots of photographs of the displays. I used bitfontmaker2 to interactive create it, and parsed the font json into a bitmap font. I'm still missing a few characters -- if you see a J, K, M, X, Y, Z, j or q, please send me a snapshot!
The best part is we can make the sign say what ever we want.
2014 Clocks LEDscape BeagleBone Font
Last update:
November 8, 2020