On 2017-09-27 9:38 PM, Toby Thain via cctalk 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. > > Can you show me a scan of the manual page, or cite a manual I can look > up or might have?
I checked out a PDP-15 manual from bitsavers. Yes the text is set in (afaict) a Selectric version of Futura, which would explain the serif'd "I". So the digital font Chuck cited is indeed the right family (albeit a shady unlicensed reseller). Headings, cover and title pages are just Helvetica. --Toby > > --Toby > >> >> The only difference I saw was in the upper case I. Sometimes DEC used >> an I that had serifs and sometimes they didn't. Function Pro's I does >> not have serifs. >> >> >> -chuck >> > >
