Re: Font for DEC indicator panels

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 4:25 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 
> wrote:
> 
>> From: Jason T
> 
>> According to my notes, for the VCFMW8 shirts ... I used DIN Next Pro
>> Rounded Medium for the panel text, although the font I had in my work
>> directory is "DIN 1451 Fette Breitschrift 1936".  That is probably the
>> font next to the knob on the right and the bit numbers above the
>> switches.
> 
> Yeah, that latter is the one we're looking for (mostly). (I tried downloading
> a couple of copies, but for some reason I don't understand the font viewer on
> my Windoze box wouldn't show them; from what I could see online, it looked
> close.) The DEC font uses a zero with a slash, but it's otherwise close.

For that, a capital O with a slash Ø would probably serve.  Most fonts tend to 
come with a fair number of accented and otherwise modified letters, perhaps not 
enough for Vietnamese but often enough for European languages.

        paul