What Font is this on 1176 and Pultecs

[KDE]

Im trying to get my hands on the font file of this very basic font lol. All help is appreciated

 

[ruffrecords]

As these are quite old bits of kit, it is likely they did their front panel silk screens similar to the way we did at Neve in the 70s - which was using Letraset.

Cheers

Ian

 

[fpliuzzi]

Hello,
There is a good chance that the FONT is "Helvetica". This font was/is one of the most commonly used sans serif typefaces of all time. The lower descender of the letter Q on the front panel shown in your post resembles the Q in Helvetica. Give it a try and see what you think.

The various versions of the font are shown at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetica

Regards,
Frank

P.S. I also used Helvetica Letraset sheets back in the 1970's when I was building recording gear.

 

[Andy Peters]

Hello,
There is a good chance that the FONT is "Helvetica". This font was/is one of the most commonly used sans serif typefaces of all time. The lower descender of the letter Q on the front panel shown in your post resembles the Q in Helvetica. Give it a try and see what you think.

The various versions of the font are shown at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetica

This movie tells you everything you wanted to know, and then some, about this most ubiquitous of fonts.

It's actually a really good movie, in a supremely geeky way.

-a

 

[fpliuzzi]

This movie tells you everything you wanted to know, and then some, about this most ubiquitous of fonts.

It's actually a really good movie, in a supremely geeky way.

-a

Thanks for the link. Years ago I read an interesting book about Helvetica. I'll check out this documentary when I get a chance.

Regards,
Frank

 

[Kingston]

This movie tells you everything you wanted to know, and then some, about this most ubiquitous of fonts.

It's actually a really good movie, in a supremely geeky way.

-a

Closely related and equally geeky, here's 99 more of them: http://100besttypefaces.com/

The site is kind of famous by now, originally in German only http://www.100besteschriften.de/

The summaries and example images are revealing to say the least. I've done quite a bit of UI design by now and it certainly helped a whole lot.

 

[dharma one]

That's not Helvetica.

Look for a condensed sans serif with rounded edge. This one gets you in the ballpark and it's free - http://www.fontrist.com/tomato-round-condensed-font/

 

[abechap024]

If you google Letraset and visit their wikipedia page, you find that they still own the font sets that were used in their transfers...hmmm I would love to find the exact font used.

 

[bruce0]

Warning (typesetting geekery ahead).... Actually the term "font" in the days of actual type setting (IE lead type), was the name of a wooden drawer with different sections for each letter and case (Thus... "What font is that in?"... could be heard as what drawer is that in).  The term changed meaning due to apple wanting a shorter name in the menu (Font not Typeface) and the font did contain a size and typeface (because it was just a drawer) which worked well with the early Mac interface.

And while we are geeking out... it becomes clear why you would "Mind your p's and q's" and why that expression always uses lower case p's and q's, because when you were putting the p's and q's back in the font, it was easy to get them switched because the lead type was the mirror image of the printed p or q.  (That problem did not exist for P's and Q's, which look nothing like each other, so nobody needed to "Mind his P's and Q's")

 

[Gold]

This movie tells you everything you wanted to know, and then some, about this most ubiquitous of fonts.

It's actually a really good movie, in a supremely geeky way.

The guy who made that movie is a neighbor of mine in my studio building. His company produces and distributes some really cool stuff.

 

[kato]

Upload an image to whatfontis.com; it should tell you if it works as advertised.

 

[gyraf]

VERY useable tool - thanks!

Jakob E.

 

[bruce0]

Seems like it indicates raster gothic or dixplay... but it could use a higher resolution image of the case.

Very cool site, gives a variety of choices (none of them helvetica!) of what it might be.  Nice design too, lets you see your image as you scroll through the choices.

 

[culteousness1]

Another similar service is WhatTheFont.
Maybe worth trying at both web sites...

Cheers,
Carsten