@Terry Bowman: Please send me a direct email and explain in more detail what you are looking for so I can have a look at my Burroughs material to see if I can find what you are looking for.
/Martin On Wednesday, 6 October 2021 at 00:16:32 UTC+2 Terry Bowman wrote: > The "Burroughs 70910" topic has me excited because of this picture... > > > Short version: > > I need the word "Base" set in the Burroughs typeface. The problem is that > the words "Burroughs Corporation" don't contain the lowercase letter "e". > I've searched everywhere online for text containing the "e" and until now > I've come up empty. This box has exactly the sort of text I need except for > one thing: it's too bold. > > Does anyone else have printed material from Burroughs containing an "e"? > And hopefully a lighter weight? Not that I'd turn down anything in > bold—I'll take everything I can get. > > I need a hi-res scan in a lossless format such as TIFF so that I can trace > the letters in Illustrator. The original needs to be as large and clear > as possible. Most of the scans of documents and boxes that I already have > are too small and/or the ink bled too far into the paper. > > > More info: > > Part of corporate branding is selecting a typeface that will be used for > letterheads, documents, packaging etc. Burroughs used a version of the > typeface Clarendon. I've been to all of the font search sites and while > there are lots of Clarendons available none of them have the unique flavor > of the Burroughs version. While I'm well versed in font editing, management > etc. I don't have the artistic chops to properly alter letters. > > Burroughs used multiple variants of the Clarendon over the years: > different weights, different serifs and so on. I need all four letters in > exactly the same font. > > > I love the lowercase "s" because it's almost perfectly symmetrical > vertically. Help me Nixie collectors, you're my only hope. > > > Terry Bowman, KA4HJH > "The Mac Doctor" > > Edward R. Murrow: “Who owns the patent on this vaccine?” > Dr. Jonas Salk: “Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could > you patent the sun?”—*See It Now*, 12 April 1955 > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/7094e406-c2f7-446c-86ad-f06a018add51n%40googlegroups.com.
