12 Nov
2018
12 Nov
'18
10:29 p.m.
On 2018-11-12 5:24 PM, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote:
On 2018-11-12 5:04 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
... I just posted that the closest I know of off the top of my head is
Akzidenz Grotesk. (Indeed it's not DIN.)
Maybe my message from 1.5 hours ago didn't get through.
Here's the family I mean; I'm suggesting something around Medium weight,
depending on silk screen spread, etc.
https://www.bertholdtypes.com/font/akzidenz-grotesk/proplus/
--Toby
On Nov 12, 2018, at 4:52 PM, David Bridgham via
cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
The name of the font translates to "Bold Extended". DIN 1451 is a family of
fonts, see Wikipedia. You're looking at one of the members of the family, the bold
wide one. It's not all that bold, judging by the pictures; if you need something
bolder still you may be out of luck.
That also suggests that the DEC font isn't this one. Could it simply be Helvetica?
> "DIN 1451 Fette Breitschrift 1936".
That is probably the
> font next to the knob on the right and the bit numbers above the
> switches.
Yeah, that latter is the one we're looking for (mostly).
I was able to download a version of that one that worked but I don't
think I like the results. One problem is that the instance of the font
I found didn't have a bold face version. You can see the results here.
http://pdp10.froghouse.org/qsic/inlay-rk11-f.pdf
To get closer I'd need better images of the panels.
--Toby
paul