> On Sep 27, 2017, at 9:38 PM, Toby Thain via cctalk <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> On 2017-09-27 9:33 PM, Charles Dickman via cctalk wrote:
>> For those interested in all things DEC, I found a typeface that is
>> very close to the typeface used in the old 60's and very early 70's
>> manuals. Google for "Function Pro Book font".
>
> If you mean:
> https://www.fontspring.com/fonts/fontsite/function-pro
> then this is basically a ripoff of Futura.
That seems plausible; I vaguely remember mentions of Futura. The other font
that I definitely remember is Avant Garde, which you'll find on the covers of
late 1970s manuals (the white, blue, or "chinese red" binders). Not body text,
it isn't suitable for that purpose.
BTW, re "ripoff", in the USA font designs are not protected, only font names
are. I often jump on people doing legally questionable copying (such as the
"abandonware" notion); in this case, the copy is perfectly legal. In the USA
anyway, other countries may well have different IP laws where fonts are
concerned. I assume Canada matches the US rules, though -- given that old
versions of CorelDraw came with a library of hundreds of fonts, all copies of
well-known designs with new names (e.g., "Gatineau" instead of "Garamond").
paul
