Gas & Fonts (opens in new tab)

I was at the gas station filling up the tank (unfortunately we still have 1 gas vehicle), when I noticed the numbers were in the typical 7-segment display style, but the screen was a modern LCD. It's curious that they made this intentional choice to imitate an older technology on a modern display. I imagine it must be due either to familiarity (most gas pumps still use actual 7-segment displays), or readability. I also wonder why they chose to use an LCD. The numbers only occupied a small cor...