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Old 16th Oct 2016, 8:47 pm   #12
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Default Re: Vintage Circuit-Diagram Lettering!

Hi!

Here are samples of the letters produced, taken from A. West's "Uno Stencil Technical List":-

Picture 1 is the upright Block Capitals & lower case used by Radio Constructor from about mid 1962 up until the magazine's closure in August 1981.

It can also be found in the RSGB's publications up until about 1969 and in "Electronic Engineering" magazine;

Picture 2 is the sloping letters used by PW & PT from 1948 to mid 1961 - it is also used by Thorn/BRC in Audio/TV Service manuals during the 60s/70s for Voltage readings, Test Point Markers and PCB Connection points;

Picture 3 is very similar to (but not quite totally identical!) the upright lettering used by PW/PT from mid 1961 till about mid 1977 when Continental-style lettering replaced this;

Picture 4 is Wireless World's Condensed Upright Lettering used from 1948 to mid 1968 - it is used by Thorn/BRC on their Audio/TV Circuit Diagrams for Component Reference Nos and the Component Values, and many Test Equipment Manuals (Cossor, etc.,) use it;

Picture 5 is Reddifusion/Doric's Upright Block lettering with a "primary-school" lower-case 't' - nearly all of RD's Service Manuals were produced using it!

These styles of lettering are NOT all identical by any means and no-one, to my knowledge, has produced an exact form as a ready-to-use PC TTF!

Chris Williams
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