Multi Character Letters/Numbers

Hey,

I want to build a game, but i need a relativly large LCD-Display with just a few characters and only one row.
But due to the fact, that i´m not able to find anything like this, I thought about using a standard 16x2 LCD Display and use 4 characters as one (2 of each row). Then i would end up having 8 chars max. which ist totaly enough!

and now tho the code...
... do i have to puzzle the characters together with custom symbols, or is there a libary or anything else, which automaticly writes a letter or a number over both rows ?

I am sorry for my bad spelling, but i am not an native speaker...

I´m sorry for my poor spelling, but I´m not a native speaker...

You ARE a native speaker, just notof English, what language(s) do you speak?

Why not search a large 8 character display?

I found this page on big characters on a 20x4 LCD with a search for "big character display on lcd arduino".

Have You invented graphical displays?

@johannes_kunder

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Thanks to all those who helped and added to this list.

... to transform 16x4 logic into a 16x2 LCD display the approach for this Space Invaders Like Game might be helpful. And there are already a lot of good descriptions regarding 2 of each row available, e.g LCD Big digits or Custom Large Font for 16x2 LCDs.