Body text font? Ethan McKinney (21 May 2024 19:31 UTC)
Re: [TML] Body text font? Jeff Zeitlin (21 May 2024 22:01 UTC)
Re: [TML] Body text font? Joshua Bell (22 May 2024 03:50 UTC)
Re: [TML] Body text font? Jeff Zeitlin (22 May 2024 11:48 UTC)

Re: [TML] Body text font? Jeff Zeitlin 21 May 2024 22:01 UTC

On Tue, 21 May 2024 12:30:56 -0700, Ethan McKinney - ethan.mckinney at
gmail.com (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote to Freelance
Traveller:

>What font did GDW use for the LBBs (and hundreds of other products)?

>I think I know, but I'm going to stay quiet so that I don't contaminate
>memories.

The body text is claimed to have been Helvetica, but to my eye, it's a
better match for a German-drawn sans-serif called Akzidenz Grotesk.

Most titles were Optima.

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