Talk:2863: Space Typography

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Are the dot's actually roughly in line with the distances?

172.71.135.78 21:31, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Yes they are. I eyeballed with a screenruler and calculated

  • 0.40 AU for Mercury (Should be 0.37)
  • 0.72 AU for Venus (0.72)
  • 1 AU for earth (reference)
  • 1.54 AU for Mars (1.52)
  • 5.24 AU for Jupiter (4.98)

162.158.202.94 21:48, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

But what size font?Danger Kitty (talk)

129 trillion pt, give or take. 141.101.105.109 23:02, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
Thanks for the decimal-point check. This is my worksheet: Image (open in new tab) PRR (talk) 02:13, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

The number of "e"s between h and r required to make Saturn line up is about 59 (tested using 27.2 pt font) Digin (talk) 22:17, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

I’m curious whether randall brute forced this, trained a neural network, or did it by hand. 172.70.175.179 22:31, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

He would probably answer: 2173: Trained a Neural Net 172.70.42.217 22:45, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Trying to prep an image of a comparison between actual orbits and the comic, but it's taking longer than i'd like someone, i guess(talk i guess|le edit list) 23:20, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

I assume brackets around (i) are for the Saturn's rings? 162.158.102.71 23:26, 4 December 2023 (UTC)