Font for DEC indicator panels

[Toby Thain]

On 2018-11-13 10:21 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
>     > From: Toby Thain
> 
>     > To get closer I'd need better images of the panels.
> 
> Hi, I borrowed a DEC inlay from someone (a KA10 CPU bay) and scanned a chunk
> of it (as much as I could fit into my A4 scanner :-) at 200 dpi:
> 
>   http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/jpg/KACPUPanel.jpg
> 
> I have a TC08 inlay, but it's currently being used in my QSIC display (until
> we can get the RKV11-F/RPV11-D inlay done :-), and I didn't want to yank it
> out. As far as I can tell, it's the same font on the two of them.
> 
> 
>     > the closest I know of off the top of my head is Akzidenz Grotesk.
> 
> The Akzidenz Grotesk Medium is indeed very, very close (other than the zero).

(And the "Q")

> Do you happen to know if that font available for use in non-commercial
> settings?

I just noticed this free font which is also rather close (has a slashed
Q, at least):

  https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/hk-grotesk

Try the SemiBold weight.

--Toby


> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 	Noel
>