Liquid crystal display with enhanced character visibility

摘要

A liquid crystal display (LCDS) which has higher contrast characters than previously available LCDs, particularly LCDs used in electronic price labels. The LCD includes a number of characters containing segments including four vertical segments and three horizontal segments arranged in a figure-8 shape. The four vertical segments have a width determined by a segment width to character width ratio of about 0.208-0.283 and the three horizontal segments have a width determined by a segment height to character height ratio of about 0.100-0.150. The LCD also includes two diagonal segments defined by two parallel lines to enhance visibility of characters such as the letter "N".