How to create letters and numbers by computer.
Character Generators
Character generators (CGs) were the first digital graphics units. A CG looks something like a computer terminal. It is, in fact, intended to be used like a word processor. Many of the editing features now used on electronic word processing systems were first used on CGs. CGs allow you to type titles onto the TV screen. If you want to make credits for who wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the show, use the CG. If you're interviewing someone and you want to flash a name up on the screen so the viewers know who the person is, use the CG.
The earliest CGs were very simple. They only produced white lettering on black background for use as “keys.” There were one or two type ...
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