26 Feb
2009
26 Feb
'09
11:36 a.m.
Rich Alderson wrote:
I believe that discussion was had on here a few years ago (and reached the
same conclusion) - although my memory's not telling me whether it was about
the -5 or one of the later machines...
Are there any
font historians in the audience? I'm curious what the
serif font is that DEC used back then (both on the "Digital Equipment
Corp" logo on the PDP-5, for example, and in the brochure for the
PDP-5). I'm also curious what the sans serif font is that's rendered
in color and used for headers and such in the PDP-5 brochure. To me,
at least, it really evokes a sense of the period these flyers were
designed in.
It is very likely not a typeface (a font is a package of cast metal type)
but a lettering design by an in-house artist at or hired by DEC. That's
how corporate identities are done. Or so my press-owning friends tell me.