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This is probably my longest lasting MOC project to date. Back in 2001, I realised that the 6 speeds of the LEGO train controller driving a standard 9V motor produced the first 6 overtones, ie: the notes available to most valve-less brass instruments. I didn’t do anything more on it until yesterday, when for some obscure reason I decided to finish the project.

So here it is for your enjoyment (or otherwise).

The instruction search page is now back. I think the problems have all been solved, so hopefully it won’t need to disappear again for a while.

You can find it here.

I have temporarily disabled the instruction search page, while I investigate higher than normal usage numbers. Hopefully, it will be back real soon.

Another update to my LEGO instructions cross-reference, find them here. Highlights include:

Indiana Jones: Ambush in Cairo, Chauchilla Cemetery Battle, Venice Canal Chase, Fighter Plane Attack, The Temple of Doom
Space Police: Galactic Enforcer
Architecture: Guggenheim Museum
Creator: Large Pink Brick Box

And a few other goodies 😉

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Updated: 19
Deleted: 0

Thanks for corrections to:

• Peeron.com

Well it’s been a while, with no bug reports! I guess that means it’s working great for everyone 🙂

So I decided to implement a new feature that someone once asked for – pair kerning. Pair kerning adjusts the space between some character pairs to make them look better, for example L & W, which generally look too wide apart if the default spacing is used.

The kerning information is stored in the font file, and txt2dat now uses it to make the text look better. Note that it only applies horizontal kerning because

• txt2dat doesn’t support multiple lines
• FreeType doesn’t support vertical kerning

Anyway, check it out. The first example is without kerning, the second is with it.

Oh, and you can download txt2dat here.

LW without kerning

LW with kerning