What a crappy-looking PFD.
FWIW, machinbird, I do have more difficulty interpreting IAS and Altitude on a tape-PFD. No problem of course, but it is more difficult. The saviour is, as mentioned above, the big bug adjacent to the desired IAS or altitude target that helps you spot an error.
A needle approaching the six or twelve o'clock was more intuitive. No space on the square "dial" for that these days though! I always laugh when remember during my EFIS conversion, the CBT man saying that the PFD was in the classic T instrument layout. Ha!
