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Non-NEC Console Related Discussion => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Punch on October 17, 2014, 07:35:09 PM

Title: 1962-1992 Nihon Electric Company Typeface
Post by: Punch on October 17, 2014, 07:35:09 PM

Anyone up to the challenge of creating a rasterized font of the NEC typeface?

I think I've found it... well at least what it was based on. The font for the NEC logo, yes that red one that was in the box of many games and devices.

(http://www.beatriceco.com/bti/porticus/bell/images/weco0413.jpg)

1910 patent to an (early?) version of the Western Electric logo, with all characters A-Z 0-9: http://www.beatriceco.com/bti/porticus/bell/pdf/40862.pdf
Website with some cool info about Western Electric (seriously there's some interesting stuff in there about the company) plus a .ttf version of the text design: http://www.beatriceco.com/bti/porticus/bell/westernelectric_history.html
http://www.beatriceco.com/bti/porticus/bell/images/Hawthorn.TTF

Article that helped me find this info:
(http://i.imgur.com/p85UAV5.png)

Basically it's hard as hell to find stuff on the internet, but when you find the right keywords to feed Google it's pretty easy.

Title: Re: 1962-1992 Nihon Electric Company Typeface
Post by: Punch on October 17, 2014, 07:37:29 PM

Samsung-NEC partnership, another example of the NEC font:

(http://mlb-s1-p.mlstatic.com/valvula-6bz6-sansung-nec-made-in-korea-13844-MLB219541837_6871-O.jpg)

Title: Re: 1962-1992 Nihon Electric Company Typeface
Post by: NightWolve on October 17, 2014, 08:26:20 PM

Hey, a vacuum tube, I used to like taking them out of old TVs and throwing them on the playground as a kid for that nice pop sound they'd make upon impact! ;)

Title: Re: 1962-1992 Nihon Electric Company Typeface
Post by: esteban on October 18, 2014, 03:26:04 AM

I love learning about this!

Thank you.

Great post.  (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)

Title: Re: 1962-1992 Nihon Electric Company Typeface
Post by: SuperPlay on October 18, 2014, 07:20:42 AM

Great stuff, thanks for sharing

Title: Re: 1962-1992 Nihon Electric Company Typeface
Post by: SuperGrafx on October 18, 2014, 09:27:40 AM

Interesting stuff.  I always loved the older style NEC logo font.
Seemed pretty unique, simple and distinctive in comparison to domestic logos.

Title: Re: 1962-1992 Nihon Electric Company Typeface
Post by: Ninja Spirit on November 06, 2014, 02:23:49 AM

Thought I'd throw this in....
(http://cdn4.thetechjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/images/1206/1339762528-nokia-logo-image-credit-engadgetcom-1.jpg)
(http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120616022233/logopedia/images/b/b5/Snk_logo-10804.png)

Title: Re: 1962-1992 Nihon Electric Company Typeface
Post by: jelloslug on November 09, 2014, 05:52:34 AM

What I want is the font used on the orange label game spines and cards.