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This sample is from either 1968 or 1972; DEC used this as the title font on a ton of their documentation for a number of years.Has a quite similar feel to Brazilia but I didn't spot this one nearby in the PLINC one-line catalog. I probably just missed it? Any guesses? Thanks.

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Just dropping in to say that …


1) this typeface was around at least in 1970, according to the date in this scanned edition.


2) I had a look, and while I found several close ones, I didn’t come across a match. Possibly a custom creation? Drawing such basic geometric letters isn’t that hard, even more so if it’s lowercase only. The lack of optical correction as well as some proportions (too wide r and m, problematic f) suggest an amateur’s attempt.

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Thanks for looking around. Could certainly be something custom; DEC was a significant manufacturer in 1970.

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Nokio is very close, but the characters sometime match and sometimes don't just based on the weight of the letters.

I found someone on Reddit looking for the exact same font.  While the original is still undetermined, there is a link to a recreated version in the replies.  It also has some other relevant information on the subject.

https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/30581/what-typeface-was-used-on-the-dec-pdp-8-f-faceplate
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Yeah, sounds right. I did some more poking around after Florian's response too and it does seem this was custom work for DEC. Thanks for the pointers and also the Nokio reference.
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