DEC Logo

[simon]

:-)  ze web to ze rescue:  grabbing a png from the pdf of the 
maintanance manual and uploading it to myfonts.com points me to the font 
"rescue regular". but it is not perfect as the verticals have rounded 
ends on "rescue" and straight on the dec font.

  another is "insignia" but having the wrong letter t



On 29-06-15 04:50, Toby Thain wrote:
> On 2015-06-28 10:12 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
>> On 2015-06-28 6:34 PM, simon wrote:
>>> It seems to me that pdp8 is written in futura bold
>>
>> ITC Avant Garde would probably be closer. (released circa 1970)
>
> Oops, I was looking at the vertical d e c when I said that.
>
> The font used in the "industrial11" logo and across the PDP-8 range, has
> been pinned down to the "New York" style of "Chalet"; here's a revival:
>
>    http://www.houseind.com/fonts/chalet/viewfonts
>
> But I can't find a "pdp8" image in the thread. Simon, what image are you
> referring to that leads you to say Futura Bold?
>
> --Toby
>
>>
>> Avant Garde was used in a LOT of DEC's marketing -- it was the signature
>> face for VAX-11, for example (even the machine badges use Avant Garde).
>>
>> --Toby
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On 28-06-15 18:52, Chris Osborn wrote:
>>>> On Jun 18, 2015, at 7:20 AM, Chris Osborn <fozztexx at fozztexx.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>     "The logo up to then had been the letters DEC in blocks the
>>>>> shape of
>>>>>     the plug-in cards that DEC had been producing."
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone have a picture of that? My Google-fu is failing me. I
>>>>> love cutting vinyl stickers of old logos and I think an original DEC
>>>>> logo would make a great prize in the contests I run on
>>>>> RetroBattlestations.
>>>>
>>>> I did my best to recreate the plug-in card DEC logo, you can download
>>>> it as an SVG here:
>>>>
>>>>    http://www.retrobattlestations.com/DEC/DEC-1957-3.7x4.5.svg
>>>>
>>>> Proportions probably aren’t perfect since all I had to work from was
>>>> very low resolution pictures of the original. I’m happy to send out
>>>> vinyl cut decals to anyone that wants one if you send me a SASE. Email
>>>> me privately for my address.
>>>>
>>>>    http://i.imgur.com/HJki7WI.jpg (Atari 2600 cartridge for scale)
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> Check out my blog: http://insentricity.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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