9 Aug
2010
9 Aug
'10
6:20 p.m.
From: Jason T
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 11:35 AM
This probably comes up every other year or so, but I
am looking for
the font used on older DEC literature. It may or may not be the one
used for the actual PDP11 logo (only three character examples there ;)
but it is the one used on the covers of the old Handbooks, like this
one:
There are many similar round fonts out there, and one
could make the
pdp11 logo out of them, but the other characters fail.
Has this mystery been solved? Internal font? All
hand drawn?
http://vt100.net/dec/logo
NB: The word you want is either "logotype" or "typeface". A font is
made
up of physical objects, usually bundled together.
Also note that the letter style used in the logotype and in the name
"PDP-11" is not the only style used by DEC. Cf. the lettering on the
PDP-7 front panel, and the front covers of the preliminary and final
PDP-7 handbooks
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/PDP-7/F-75P_PDP7prelimUM_Dec64.pdf
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/PDP-7/F-75_PDP-7userHbk_Jun65.pdf
There's "older DEC literature" and there's "*older* DEC
literature".
Rich Alderson
Vintage Computing Sr. Server Engineer
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