Font for DEC indicator panels

Jon Elson elson at pico-systems.com
Mon Nov 12 19:49:28 CST 2018


On 11/12/2018 04:14 PM, David Bridgham via cctalk wrote:
> On 11/12/18 5:04 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
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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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> I hadn't meant to send that message to the list, sorry, but since I did,
> here it is with Alte Haas Grotesk.
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> http://pdp10.froghouse.org/qsic/inlay-rk11-f-altehaasgrotesk.pdf
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Hmmm, that one DOES look closer to DEC panels that I remember.

Jon


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