On Jun 28, 2015, at 6:34 PM, simon <simski at
dds.nl> wrote:
It seems to me that pdp8 is written in futura bold
Where? In the picture that Bill posted, you can see what I think is a dec custom font in
labels like ?industrial 11? and ?power supply". That?s the same font that was used
on the covers of pdp-11 handbooks, and as far as I know it?s something DEC made up. I
traced it and turned it into a TrueType font some years ago. Here it is. Some of the
letters are guesses because I have no samples.
As for Futura, I don?t know if DEC used that. They did use another sans serif display
font in places like business cards: Avant Garde. It?s easy to recognize by the fact that
all its round shapes are circles rather than ovals, and the letter ?e? has its horizontal
bar at the center of that circle. But the ?handbook? font is definitely not Avant Garde.
I?ll attach the ?handbook.ttf? file ? we?ll see if this list will deliver that.
paul