UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum - View Single Post - Vintage Circuit-Diagram Lettering!

Chris55000 · 13th Oct 2016, 11:01 pm

Hi!

I've seen nothing remotely resembling these letter-forms on any of the free font sites - Gill Sans comes with some versions of Microsoft Office, Microgramma used by Elektor on it's earlier PCBs up to the mid-80s or so is fairly easy to obtain in both free and commercial variants, but the letter-forms on the circuit-diagrams are unique, the only place you'd find them printed are on A West's Stencil catalogues and the magazines I mentioned in my first post!

I think the letter-forms used "across the pond" in, (for example!) "Radio-Electronics" magazine (American Radio History Website!) are also totally unique as well!

Chris Williams

13th Oct 2016, 11:01 pm	#3
Chris55000 Nonode Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walsall Wood, Aldridge, Walsall, UK. Posts: 2,870	Re: Vintage Circuit-Diagram Lettering! Hi! I've seen nothing remotely resembling these letter-forms on any of the free font sites - Gill Sans comes with some versions of Microsoft Office, Microgramma used by Elektor on it's earlier PCBs up to the mid-80s or so is fairly easy to obtain in both free and commercial variants, but the letter-forms on the circuit-diagrams are unique, the only place you'd find them printed are on A West's Stencil catalogues and the magazines I mentioned in my first post! I think the letter-forms used "across the pond" in, (for example!) "Radio-Electronics" magazine (American Radio History Website!) are also totally unique as well! Chris Williams __________________ It's an enigma, that's what it is! This thing's not fixed because it doesn't want to be fixed!