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Quartz test symbol

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I was wondering if there is a string to product the a quartz test symbol. The symbol is what most displays on a transponder test mode shows. It shows every possible number or symbol the display can show. For example like an 8 and 1 and + and / and \. All these together would give you the symbol that looks like an eight with a star inside. How can i produce this for a string?
 
Have you tried experimenting with text drawn on top of one another ... for example, here's a quartz "X" drawn on top of a quartz "0"

XML: 
<Element Name="ZERO"><Position X="490" Y="100"/><FormattedText X="20" Y="40" Font="quartz" FontSize="40" LineSpacing="40" Color="red" Bright="Yes"><String>0</String></FormattedText></Element>
<Element Name="X"><Position X="490" Y="100"/><FormattedText X="20" Y="40" Font="quartz" FontSize="40" LineSpacing="40" Color="red" Bright="Yes"><String>X</String></FormattedText></Element>

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Will something like that work?
 
That is my current solution. But was wondering if there was something better. Right now i use 8's with x's using the LCD_MONO font.
 
At the risk of stating the obvious, you need to find a font that will display the test symbol. Alternatively, download Font Forge and create your own, single-symbol font that you call when displaying the test symbol. If you go for Font Forge you can cheat by modifying an existing public-domain font. Been there, done that when I needed a non-available font for an INS system. Also BTDT when I needed a 1930s numerical font for gauge faces.

Font Forge - guaranteed to scare the hell out of you if you don't read the docs. https://fontforge.org/en-US/
 
It's been some time since I've used FF, but if you can't find an existing font to modify, you can import an image, of "fairly decent" quality and make your outline from it.

I agree completely with:
Font Forge - guaranteed to scare the hell out of you if you don't read the docs. https://fontforge.org/en-US/
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