Re: [NTLK] Newton Keyboard

From: Grant Hutchinson (grant_at_splorp.com)
Date: Mon Apr 21 2003 - 10:06:52 PDT


In a previous message, Jon Glass typed vigorously:

>So, does the Pismo use this font on its keyboard? What you are
>describing looks like my keyboard. Yet, the Univers on the page you
>linked looks more like my keyboard, with the straight sides on the
>"rounded" letters (Q,O, et al). Strange...

The Pismo uses the Univers Condensed typeface, the same as the beige
Apple keyboards.

The Gills Sans typeface on the Newton keyboard looks like this:

http://www.veer.com/results.asp?image=ADT0003251

The Lucida Grande/DIN Schriften hybrid face used on the newest PowerBooks
looks sort of like the uncondensed versions of two faces:

http://www.veer.com/results.asp?Image=ADT0003372

http://www.amilcarguerra.com/~iceman/stuff/fonts/images/lucida_grande.gif

g.

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Grant Hutchinson
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