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Early LNER nameplate Font
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 11:52 pm
by silverfox
Does anyone know if you can get this font anywhere?
To clarify, its the one used on early plates..A3/B17/K2 (with 'square' 'O's and 'D's rather than the later Gill Sans as used on A4/1/2
Thanks
Re: Early LNER nameplate Font
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:10 am
by 2512silverfox
It was not a recognised printer's font. The first recognised font was Gill Sans which was adopted gradually in the mid 30s.
Re: Early LNER nameplate Font
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:13 am
by silverfox
Just wondered if anyone had drawn i and put it on the web at all.
Re: Early LNER nameplate Font
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:58 pm
by 65447
Already been discussed, and answered, here:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4796
and when you, yourself, asked earlier this year:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=7064
When answers were given by exactly the same people...
Re: Early LNER nameplate Font
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:14 pm
by richard
Yes, silverfox: A follow-up question would have been better on the original thread.
Many of these typefaces/fonts were not standard, and probably weren't standardised between Works either.
It is quite a bit of work to digitise one, but you could create your own...
(font systems such as Metafont are in the public domain or are freely available)
Re: Early LNER nameplate Font
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:33 pm
by silverfox
Sorry folks, completely slipped my recollection, but thats pretty easy nowadays.
Thanks for getting me back in line
Shall now crawl back under my rock suitably chastised