Seven-segment display character representations

The representation of digits and/or letters with seven-segment displays is not standardized by any relevant entity (e.g. ISO, IEEE or IEC). Two basic conventions can be seen for digits: one lights the additional segment in 6 (a), 7 (f) and 9 (d), the other, more anglophone one does not. Military, mission critical, and safety-of-life applications prefer the latter. The idea is to use a display font such that a single burned out or missing segment in a digit will not display as a different valid digit.

The tables below show alternative seven-segment display patterns for the Arabic numerals, the 26 letters of the English language part of the Latin alphabet, and the Greek alphabet. Finally, some examples of words spelled using the patterns are shown.

Digits

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Latin alphabet

A, a; @
B, b
C, c
D, d
E, e
F, f
G, g
H, h
I, i
J, j
K, k
L, l
M, m
N, n
O, o
P, p
Q, q
R, r
S, s, ſ
T, t
U, u
V, v
W, w
X, x
Y, y
Z, z

Greek alphabet

Α, α
Β, β
Γ, γ
Δ, δ
Ε, ε
Ζ, ζ
Η, η
Θ, θ
Ι, ι
Λ, λ
Ξ, ξ
Ο, ο
Π, π
Ρ, ρ
Σ (C)
Υ, υ
Ω, ω

Examples

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