Hi David.

Map displaying (if you are talking about street maps) is virtually useless on a 128x32 display like the empeg. And any other display that might be interesting in combination with the GPS/nav project, even just 2 shades (dark/bright) would be enough.
Regarding bootup logos, this might be interesting however.
Text fonts won't get any better if you used more shades, what would you expect from that? Anti-aliasing? That would only make them more unreadable, given the low resolution of the display.

cu,
sven

proud MkII owner (12GB blue/green/smoked, was #080000113 is #090001010)