18 Aug
2008
18 Aug
'08
7:18 a.m.
>>>> "Eric" == Eric Smith
<eric at brouhaha.com> writes:
Eric> Evan Koblentz wrote:
> Does anyone happen to know which font(s) best
replicate the DEC
> logo, such as this:
> http://www.vaxination.ca/vms/alpha/digital_556.jpg ...?
Eric> There isn't ANY standard font that is very close to it; the
Eric> letters were originally hand drawn. History and a Postscript
Eric> font of the logo can be found here:
Eric> http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200712/ancient_history_the_digital_logo.html
I remember that one.
That's the original logo, not the Bob Palmer maroon logo. (Bob wasted
lots of money redoing "the look" -- basically it amounted changing the
dots on the i from square to round and changing the color. No wonder
DEC went under not long after.)
paul
