Your close, think smaller.  I have seen CCFL tubes almost as small as a 
Q-tip (minus the cotton fuzz at the ends) and I'm sure they probally 
make them smaller.  There is also this special Electro Illuminesenct 
film that I have used (whos name escapes me at the moment) that glows a 
nice blue simular to some watches I have seen.

Martin McCormick wrote:

>Mike Harrison writes:
>  
>
>>I missed the start of this therad, but you can get 7-seg  LED displays up to 8
>>" high (Forge Europa,
>>Farnell 366-5320), or for a 10" display that's truly sunlight readable, how ab
>>out these : 
>>
>>http://www.distel.co.uk/asps/details1.asp?ID=RW44
>>    
>>
>
>	My thanks for all the suggestions.  One of you 
>referred to CCFL tubes.  I am not familiar with them unless they are
>those little fluorescent tubes that are found in portable lanterns.  I
>remember almost buying a bunch once at a ham fest because the seller
>only wanted ten Cents a piece for them and it occurred to me at the
>time that one could make a sign with them, but I had a
>huge stack of stuff all ready along those same lines so I passed them
>by.:-)
>
>	They are probably a bit longer than necessary for this
>application, but several of the other displays mentioned in
>this thread sound like just the thing.
>
>Martin McCormick WB5AGZ  Stillwater, OK 
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