29 Jun
2015
29 Jun
'15
8:26 a.m.
On 2015-06-29 10:59 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
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.
There's reason to believe it's "Chalet". See my previous mail for a link
to one revival of that family.
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
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.
As I mentioned earlier, Avant Garde was the VAX-11 brand font, so was
used for everything from machine badges and logos to marketing and
training materials.
--Toby
I?ll attach the ?handbook.ttf? file ? we?ll see if this list will deliver that.
paul