On 2018-11-12 5:24 PM, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote: > On 2018-11-12 5:04 PM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: >> >> >>> On Nov 12, 2018, at 4:52 PM, David Bridgham via cctalk >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>> "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 was able to download a version of that one that worked but I don't >>> think I like the results. One problem is that the instance of the font >>> I found didn't have a bold face version. You can see the results here. >>> >>> http://pdp10.froghouse.org/qsic/inlay-rk11-f.pdf >> >> 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. >> >> That also suggests that the DEC font isn't this one. Could it simply be >> Helvetica? > > ... I just posted that the closest I know of off the top of my head is > Akzidenz Grotesk. (Indeed it's not DIN.)
Maybe my message from 1.5 hours ago didn't get through. Here's the family I mean; I'm suggesting something around Medium weight, depending on silk screen spread, etc. https://www.bertholdtypes.com/font/akzidenz-grotesk/proplus/ --Toby > > To get closer I'd need better images of the panels. > > --Toby > > > >> >> paul >> >> > >
