British Drawing Lettering now Available! - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Chris55000 · 25th Mar 2020, 1:34 pm

Hi!

I've just had an email from Chris Flippard giving me his permission to upload my British Drawing Uno Stencil Fonts, so please find 'em attached with a note on ther usage included in the zip file!

a) The 'BA' font is Architectural Style Lettering, used by Reddifusion/Doric on their TV Service Manuals, and Scopex Manuals;

b) The 'BC' font is that used on 'Wireless World' diagrams from 1944 to 1968 and a number of T & M OEMs, e.g. Cossor, EMI, Earlier Marconi, used them as standard on their circuit diagrams!

Also used by Bush/Murphy as standard from 1960–1970 and by Thorn as Component Values.

c) The 'BS' font is the Sloping Lettering used by Practical Wireless and Practical Television magazines from 1948 to 1961, and used by Thorn/BRC for PCB terminal connections and Test Point and Voltage Readings.

d) The 'BU' font is the standard "Radio and Electronics Constructor' diagram font, also used by the RSGB from 1950 to 1970 on all their drawings.

e) The 'BS 3693' font is an authentic representation of the lettering used by British Manufacturers on Meter Scales and Front Panels, etc., and works with the "Meter" software from Tonne Software!

These fonts work fine in Word, Excel, Graph applications, and any CAD/EDA tool able to support TTF font files!

Please enjoy using them in diagram work as much as I did!

Chris Williams

knobtwiddler · 25th Mar 2020, 1:55 pm

Thank you very much, Chris! This is terribly kind of you!

cmjones01 · 25th Mar 2020, 2:36 pm

Those are beautiful, and I shall enjoy using them. Thank you for uploading them.

Chris

Chris55000 · 25th Mar 2020, 3:18 pm

Hi!

Don't forget that these heritage styles of lettering were as much a part of the British way of design and manufacture as well as the actual products themselves, and I think we all should take a hat off to Chris Flippard who has done such a superb job of re-creating them for PC use and giving me permission to make them available for everyone's use!

(I sent him a Christmas Card, Thank-You Card & a donation for his favourite charity!)

There's no excuse for "Arial", "Tahoma", or "Times New Roman" on circuit or other diagrams now, everyone on here can now pick a British Manufacturer's Style which suits them most!

I am working on a slightly revised form of these fonts with a top tail on the figure "1" (to distinguish "1" from Capital "I") which I'll upload when I've found enough magazine samples of them to cover all five typefaces!

Chris Williams

PS!

Model Railway Enthusiasts can use the "BS 3693" font on Reproduction Signal Box Diagrams - this is what B.R. used at the time!

russell_w_b · 25th Mar 2020, 6:45 pm

Many thanks for that, Chris: appreciated.

Uncle Bulgaria · 25th Mar 2020, 7:55 pm

As if I didn't need an excuse to swell my fonts folder...

Brilliant work, and many thanks!

OscarFoxtrot · 25th Mar 2020, 9:18 pm

Thank you!

ajgriff · 25th Mar 2020, 9:29 pm

This is an extraordinary piece of work. Many thanks to both of you for sharing the results of your efforts.

Alan

Chris55000 · 25th Mar 2020, 10:27 pm

Hi!

For those Members who have Rigonda's Products, I will attempt (emphasis on the attempt!) to see if I can extend these fonts to include Cyrillic Characters for Russian Valve & Semiconductor types, but this is a future project when my spare time permits!

Chris Williams

frankmcvey · 25th Mar 2020, 10:29 pm

Excellent, thank you, Chris. I do quite a lot of working drawings in MS Visio and your fonts work perfectly, as you'd expect. I'm too cheap to buy MS Office, so I use the freebie equivalent, Apache Open Office; again your fonts work perfectly well.

25th Mar 2020, 1:55 pm	#2
knobtwiddler Octode Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: London, UK. Posts: 1,047	Re: British Drawing Lettering now Available! Thank you very much, Chris! This is terribly kind of you!

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cmjones01 Nonode Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Warsaw, Poland and Cambridge, UK Posts: 2,677	Re: British Drawing Lettering now Available! Those are beautiful, and I shall enjoy using them. Thank you for uploading them. Chris __________________ What's going on in the workshop? http://martin-jones.com/

25th Mar 2020, 3:18 pm	#4
Chris55000 Nonode Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walsall Wood, Aldridge, Walsall, UK. Posts: 2,869	Re: British Drawing Lettering now Available! Hi! Don't forget that these heritage styles of lettering were as much a part of the British way of design and manufacture as well as the actual products themselves, and I think we all should take a hat off to Chris Flippard who has done such a superb job of re-creating them for PC use and giving me permission to make them available for everyone's use! (I sent him a Christmas Card, Thank-You Card & a donation for his favourite charity!) There's no excuse for "Arial", "Tahoma", or "Times New Roman" on circuit or other diagrams now, everyone on here can now pick a British Manufacturer's Style which suits them most! I am working on a slightly revised form of these fonts with a top tail on the figure "1" (to distinguish "1" from Capital "I") which I'll upload when I've found enough magazine samples of them to cover all five typefaces! Chris Williams PS! Model Railway Enthusiasts can use the "BS 3693" font on Reproduction Signal Box Diagrams - this is what B.R. used at the time! __________________ It's an enigma, that's what it is! This thing's not fixed because it doesn't want to be fixed! Last edited by Chris55000; 25th Mar 2020 at 3:27 pm.

25th Mar 2020, 6:45 pm	#5
russell_w_b Dekatron Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Penrith, Cumbria, UK. Posts: 3,687	Re: British Drawing Lettering now Available! Many thanks for that, Chris: appreciated. __________________ Regds, Russell W. B. G4YLI.

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Uncle Bulgaria Nonode Join Date: May 2016 Location: Cornwall, UK. Posts: 2,335	Re: British Drawing Lettering now Available! As if I didn't need an excuse to swell my fonts folder... Brilliant work, and many thanks!

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OscarFoxtrot Heptode Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Edinburgh, UK. Posts: 805	Re: British Drawing Lettering now Available! Thank you!

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ajgriff Nonode Join Date: May 2004 Location: Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 2,587	Re: British Drawing Lettering now Available! This is an extraordinary piece of work. Many thanks to both of you for sharing the results of your efforts. Alan

25th Mar 2020, 10:27 pm	#9
Chris55000 Nonode Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Walsall Wood, Aldridge, Walsall, UK. Posts: 2,869	Re: British Drawing Lettering now Available! Hi! For those Members who have Rigonda's Products, I will attempt (emphasis on the attempt!) to see if I can extend these fonts to include Cyrillic Characters for Russian Valve & Semiconductor types, but this is a future project when my spare time permits! Chris Williams __________________ It's an enigma, that's what it is! This thing's not fixed because it doesn't want to be fixed!

25th Mar 2020, 10:29 pm	#10
frankmcvey Rest in Peace Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Cottesmore, East Midlands, UK. Posts: 858	Re: British Drawing Lettering now Available! Excellent, thank you, Chris. I do quite a lot of working drawings in MS Visio and your fonts work perfectly, as you'd expect. I'm too cheap to buy MS Office, so I use the freebie equivalent, Apache Open Office; again your fonts work perfectly well.