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TerraHertz:
I'm restoring a very old spotwelder. It has an air pressure gauge that was exposed to moisture for a long time. The gauge internals are fine but the faceplate paint is wrecked. I'll photoshop and print a new dial face and glue it to the original metal disk.

Ideally the new one will be in the same style as the old one. There's the problem. I can't identify the font of the numerals.
Here are the still legible numbers extracted from a scan of the decayed dial.



See the image of the dial. Pretty far gone, but an interesting pic.

Can anyone identify that font?  Preferably a freeware one.
http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/  fails.

One close but still significantly different, is called 'Haas normande semi-bold.' Found that in an old fonts encyclopedia, not a digital file. Doesn't matter though. I only need the numerals and only in one size, so scanning and scaling images of a font sample will work.

It's this spotwelder: http://everist.org/NobLog/20200208_neglected_561.htm#spot
Domagoj T:
Not quite the same but very similar. Probably a bit of photoshop could bring some of these to almost exact replica:
https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/mti/atorlando/caps-189247/
https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/mti/engravers-mt/std-regular-190579/
https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/mti/engravers-mt/pro-regular-190579/
https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/typomancer/lynx/serif/

Also, not free :-//
Syntax Error:
It's a fairly standard antique chapter ring/clock typeface.

For example: https://thegraphicsfairy.com/clock-face/

Very similar to the 1970's designed ITC Tiffany standard heavy font family.

TerraHertz:

--- Quote from: Domagoj T on June 05, 2020, 01:10:26 pm ---Not quite the same but very similar. Probably a bit of photoshop could bring some of these to almost exact replica:
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Actually very different.



--- Quote ---Also, not free :-//
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Free for just numerals in one size. :)
TerraHertz:
The clock font - nope.


ITC Tiffany standard heavy - nope.


There are many fonts with the straight-sided internal verticals like on the Dial Zeros, but fancy curves on the horizontals bars. Which gives them an entirely different feel.

Too bad the '5' on the gauge didn't survive. But I expect it has a plain bar like the '2' and '7'.
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