5 ms·

This is neat, does anyone know what font this is?

• watersb 6y ago
  That looks like Pica from an IBM Selectric typewriter. IBM in 1971, probably photo typeset. The heading type and lines look like those rub-off transfers from Letraset. I'm just guessing. I do recall doing some paste-up direct from a phototypesetting machine at a small town newspaper around 1981, but I don't recall how that worked. We just did page layout with wax-coated positives, the machine spit those out by magic. Middle school, details are vague. But I put in some hours on my Dad's Selectric. It was awesome.
  • molofaha 6y ago
    I happen to have been looking at IBM typewriter fonts recently -- https://archive.org/details/IBM-SelectricIITypewriter-CorrectingSelectricTypewriter-OperatingInstructions/page/n27/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/IBM-SelectricIITypewriter-Correc... -- so I can say it's actually Courier; the uppercase A is an easy giveaway. You can see all the other body fonts there too; Light Italic for the italics, except for some keywords at the start of lists which are Courier Italic; the page headers are Letter Gothic, as are I think the headings (though I thought it was lowercase Orator at first so I think these fonts are all running together for me).
    • watersb 6y ago
      Excellent! Thanks! This got me browsing online for the font balls for these things. Dangerous; my nerd space is overdue for purge as it is. But have at it: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/102974032 https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/102974032