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| What is the name of this old font? |
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| HwAoRrDk:
Definitely looks like a dot-matrix print that has been photocopied and scanned. Yes, it's probably whatever sans-serif font that was embedded in the ROM of the printer. The 'Q' looks quite distinctive, with the gap on the right of where the tail bisects the bowl. What vintage are we talking about here? 70s, 80s, 90s? |
| floobydust:
In that era, the printer generated the font. I would say an IBM or DEC dot matrix printer. Okidata was not yet popular. The font for "S" is quite weird and would ID the printer, say if a serial killer used it to print some threatening letters and you needed details. The zero with dot was also not that popular, only with IBM for the longest time. |
| MegaVolt:
--- Quote from: HwAoRrDk on January 24, 2023, 03:10:19 am ---What vintage are we talking about here? 70s, 80s, 90s? --- End quote --- 1983...1986 (Fluke 5440) |
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