On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 1:58 AM Paul Flo Williams via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> During lockdown I was having some fun redrawing old DEC manual covers > with Inkscape, specifically terminal and printer manuals from the late > 1970s. I've attached a montage of four that I printed out so I could > stick it on the wall. I'm aware I may be the only person, even here, > who finds them attractively simple and coloured in such a definably > 1970s way. Let me add my "plus one" here! I appreciate both the original designs and your faithful reproductions. Did you use a font for the cover texts or recreate them by hand? I know DEC was making heavy use of Avant Garde Bold during this period, including the alternate glyphs here and there (I have a document in my near-term scan queue that shows how NOT to use those glyphs!) IIRC, the corporate style guide specifies AVGB and some form of Helvetica for advertising and documentation use. IBM's 1960s and 70s covers were fun, too, although a completely different style. Mostly geometric designs that remind me of textbooks from that era. -j
