17 Aug
2008
17 Aug
'08
9:39 p.m.
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 ...? I thought
Arial Narrow might be correct, but things like the bottom of the lowercase
"a" are different.
We're looking to make a DEC banner for an exhibit in our museum here in New
Jersey. (Or, does anyone have an existing DEC banner to loan / donate
inexpensively sell to us?)
- Evan
17 Aug
17 Aug
9:43 p.m.
Century Gothic. I have a Word document that I re-created the logo for a
3-ring binder cover many years ago.
On 8/17/08 9:39 PM, "Evan Koblentz" <evan at snarc.net> 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 ...? I thought
Arial Narrow might be correct, but things like the bottom of the lowercase
"a" are different.
We're looking to make a DEC banner for an exhibit in our museum here in New
Jersey. (Or, does anyone have an existing DEC banner to loan / donate
inexpensively sell to us?)
- Evan
Rich
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Rich Cini
Collector of Classic Computers
Build Master and lead engineer, Altair32 Emulator
http://www.altair32.com
http://www.classiccmp.org/cini
10:07 p.m.
No, that lowercase 'a' is different at the bottom, etc. ... close but not
identical.
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Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 9:44 PM
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Subject: Re: What font is the DEC logo?
Century Gothic. I have a Word document that I re-created the logo for a
3-ring binder cover many years ago.
On 8/17/08 9:39 PM, "Evan Koblentz" <evan at snarc.net> 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 ...?
I thought Arial Narrow might be correct, but things like the bottom of
the lowercase "a" are different.
We're looking to make a DEC banner for an exhibit in our museum here
in New Jersey. (Or, does anyone have an existing DEC banner to loan /
donate inexpensively sell to us?)
- Evan
Rich
--
Rich Cini
Collector of Classic Computers
Build Master and lead engineer, Altair32 Emulator http://www.altair32.com
http://www.classiccmp.org/cini
10:16 p.m.
At 09:07 PM 8/17/2008, Evan Koblentz wrote:
No, that lowercase 'a' is different at the
bottom, etc. ... close but not
identical.
I know this has been discussed here before. Check the archives.
I seem to remember an Adobe Illustrator version, and that
the original was a hand-tuned font, not off the shelf.
- John
10:15 p.m.
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 ...?
There isn't ANY standard font that is very close to it; the letters were
originally hand drawn. History and a Postscript font of the logo can be
found here:
http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200712/ancient_history_the_digital_logo.html
10:33 p.m.
Thanks, very helpful.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Eric Smith
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 10:16 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: What font is the DEC logo?
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 ...?
There isn't ANY standard font that is very close to it; the letters were
originally hand drawn. History and a Postscript font of the logo can be
found here:
http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200712/ancient_history_the_digital_logo.html
18 Aug
18 Aug
10:18 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
3:39 p.m.
Paul Koning wrote:
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.)
Palmer had an "interesting" approach to solving DEC's problems.
Suppose you have a hangnail. One way to solve it is to chop off your
fingertip. Now you're bleeding, so you chop off the finger. Hmmm,
still bleeding - better chop off the hand. If you follow this
progression, eventually the problem WILL be solved.
3:52 p.m.
>>>> "Eric" == Eric Smith
<eric at brouhaha.com> writes:
Eric> Paul Koning wrote:
> 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.)
Eric> Palmer had an "interesting" approach to solving DEC's problems.
Eric> Suppose you have a hangnail. One way to solve it is to chop
Eric> off your fingertip. Now you're bleeding, so you chop off the
Eric> finger. Hmmm, still bleeding - better chop off the hand. If
Eric> you follow this progression, eventually the problem WILL be
Eric> solved.
Indeed. Unfortunately he neglected to apply that procedure to
himself.
paul
4:11 p.m.
Paul Koning wrote:
Now wait a momment ... there is this headless body walking around .... :)
>>>> "Eric" == Eric Smith <eric at brouhaha.com> writes:
>>>>
Eric> Paul Koning wrote:
> 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.)
Eric> Palmer had an "interesting" approach to solving DEC's problems.
Eric> Suppose you have a hangnail. One way to solve it is to chop
Eric> off your fingertip. Now you're bleeding, so you chop off the
Eric> finger. Hmmm, still bleeding - better chop off the hand. If
Eric> you follow this progression, eventually the problem WILL be
Eric> solved.
Indeed. Unfortunately he neglected to apply that procedure to
himself.
paul
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