DEC Logo

[simon]

the front of the internal bus options maintenance manual in front of me. 
But looking at the f in 8/f gives me the impression they mixed some 
fonts for the logo and taking a closer look at the line:

"digital equipment corporation . maynard. massachusetts"

is proving both of us wrong. the y in maynard is a rounded version, but 
both futura and avant garde hve a straight y.

"...the search continues..."


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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>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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