Font for DEC indicator panels

[Toby Thain]

On 2018-11-12 5:04 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
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>> On Nov 12, 2018, at 4:52 PM, David Bridgham via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
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>>>> "DIN 1451 Fette Breitschrift 1936".  That is probably the
>>>> font next to the knob on the right and the bit numbers above the
>>>> switches.
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>>> Yeah, that latter is the one we're looking for (mostly).
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>> I was able to download a version of that one that worked but I don't
>> think I like the results.  One problem is that the instance of the font
>> I found didn't have a bold face version.  You can see the results here.
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>> http://pdp10.froghouse.org/qsic/inlay-rk11-f.pdf
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> The name of the font translates to "Bold Extended".  DIN 1451 is a family of fonts, see Wikipedia.  You're looking at one of the members of the family, the bold wide one.  It's not all that bold, judging by the pictures; if you need something bolder still you may be out of luck.
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> That also suggests that the DEC font isn't this one.  Could it simply be Helvetica?

... I just posted that the closest I know of off the top of my head is
Akzidenz Grotesk. (Indeed it's not DIN.)

To get closer I'd need better images of the panels.

--Toby



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