27 May
2000
27 May
'00
6:53 p.m.
I've got a strange question for former DIGITAL employees out there.
It's not likely anyone will be able to answer, but it never hurts
to ask.
Does anyone know what font was used for the DIGITAL logo? I've never
been able to find its exact match, and I'm wondering if anyone had
any contact with the Corporate Identity people and might remember.
(Kind of a long shot, I know)
Thanks,
-Seth
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27 May
27 May
7:34 p.m.
New subject: DIGITAL question.y
::Does anyone know what font was used for the DIGITAL logo? I've never
::been able to find its exact match, and I'm wondering if anyone had
::any contact with the Corporate Identity people and might remember.
::(Kind of a long shot, I know)
I thought it was some kind of Futura.
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28 May
28 May
4:13 a.m.
New subject: Digital Logo
::Does anyone know what font was used for the DIGITAL
logo? I've never
::been able to find its exact match, and I'm wondering if anyone had
::any contact with the Corporate Identity people and might remember.
::(Kind of a long shot, I know)
I thought it was some kind of Futura.
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As an old typesetting guy -- I thought it was a modified helvetica...
on the new magenta version. It, however may have been a or a Univers
varient. I thought there were at least 3 versions.
The original DEC logo, the later blue one and the magenta one.
I believe the differences were the square dot on the i's and the top of
the t was different along with the letter spacing.
Bill
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27 May
27 May
11:03 p.m.
Perhaps a better question is: Has anyone created a font with
the same look and feel of the DEC logo?
You have to remember computer fonts are a much more recent
creation, since early terminals were character based with a
simple 8x8 (or so) bitmapped character stored in ROM.
The DEC logo was almost certainly not computer generated, and
was simply scanned into electronic artwork for more recent
books and such.
clint
On Sat, 27 May 2000, sjm wrote:
I've got a strange question for former DIGITAL employees out there.
It's not likely anyone will be able to answer, but it never hurts
to ask.
Does anyone know what font was used for the DIGITAL logo? I've never
been able to find its exact match, and I'm wondering if anyone had
any contact with the Corporate Identity people and might remember.
(Kind of a long shot, I know)
Thanks,
-Seth
--
"As a general rule, the man in the habit of murdering | Seth Morabito
bookbinders, though he performs a distinct service | sethm(a)loomcom.com
to society, only wastes his own time and takes no |
personal advantage." -- Kenneth Grahame (1898) | Perth ==> *
11:36 p.m.
On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 10:03:35PM -0600, Clint Wolff (VAX collector) wrote:
Perhaps a better question is: Has anyone created a font
with
the same look and feel of the DEC logo?
Aren't there two different DEC logos anyway? A few years ago when they
decided it should be magenta and the colors should be fixed regardless of
what the logo is printed on top of, I thought they claimed that they were
slightly reshaping the characters too. I can't see the difference but
that doesn't mean it's not there... Or am I remembering wrong?
Out of curiousity, what else are you planning to write in this font?
I've got an old paper tape with a DECUS sticker on it which is supposed to
mimic the DEC stickers, so that buys a few more letters, although it still
doesn't look quite right (the letters are smaller relative to the blocks
than with the "digital" logo).
John Wilson
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