mozzer models Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 What Font is/was used in Diesel locos headcode boxes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 If you've got some patience and some samples/photos, you can try the various font identifiers such as http://www.identifont.com/identify.html http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ http://www.linotype.com/fontidentifier?start=1&PHPSESSID=6cf17e95d9c7d5045971799b7f89aae9 or maybe the owner of http://www.headcode.co.uk/ might know. Good luck and let us know if you find out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raffles Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 or maybe the owner of http://www.headcode.co.uk/ might know. I see that website has had 5141 other disappointed visitors before me. For a website that has been in existence for 4 years, it's a bit low on erm... detail? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickL2008 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Gill Sans I beleive, thats what its called in Microsoft word NL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Here's some Gill Sans, nice and large. Looks like a good match. Might need to adjust the letter spacing so each character takes up one blind's width. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(W) Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Mozzer, Good question. Perhaps someone could prevail upon Paul James to explain how he does it so very convincingly. http://emgauge70s.co...falconcode1.jpg See what I mean? Sorry, but Gill Sans just doesn't convince - look at the sixes and nines, for example. BR(W) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 No idea what the font is, but what I've been doing is scanning the headcodes supplied with different models, say Heljan 47 & Hymek etc, and storing them on the PC. My thought is that in the future I can use these scans to produce more, swapping individual letters/numerals to what I want. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozzer models Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 Thanks everyone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugsley Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 London MM seems to be the closest match to the numbers and most of the letters, but the M's are defnitely different. Deja Vu Sans seems to be the closest match that I can find to those. HTH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Flying Pig Posted June 7, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7, 2010 This 'font' was designed in an age when hand-drawn lettering was still the norm, which would explain why there is a curious mix of 'serif' and 'non-serif' letters (for instance B, D and the odd G). Is that not to prevent confusion between those letters and 8, 0 and 6 ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Brian I think that I have used Arial Black to do some on the computer. Might have been mistaken as I also have copies of the BR Light Normal font as used for station signs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 There was a complete set of them on the old 'Kingsway' rub-down transfers. They were an odd, very narrow lined font. I believe the Southern Region used Gill Sans for their EMU headcodes, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 What Font is/was used in Diesel locos headcode boxes I stand to be corrected on this but don't think you'll find a registered font for the BR headcodes typescript. I have read a few times that it is a variation on the Kinneaar/Calvert transport script (Medium weight) but shy away from this theory. The font was the result as a consultation between the BRB’s design panel and the Applied Psychology Research Unit of the Medical Research Council. The reason the font was much condensed/thinner was to reduce the effect of halation. The above info came from a1963 edition of “Designâ€. The magazine of The Council of Industrial Design. (Now the Design Council) All the magazines used to be available on line via the online resource for visual arts but for some reason only post 1965 mags are now available. This is a link to an later article about the design of BR’s “Corporate Imageâ€. Corporate image article Halation in the headcode scenario is the blurring of objects seen at a distance, at speed and in the likes of fog and snow. If you check out a BR headcode blind you will notice that the font is designed to be Thinner and taller when illuminated in darkness. If you look at the blind from the front you see the condensed white font on the black background but looking from the rear there is a translucent area through which the bulbs shine that follow the font but this translucent area is much thinner and extends to the very top & bottom of the letter/number. Apologies for the ramble. (Just my twopennorth worth.) Porcy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 The most effective solution i've found is popping down to your local preserved railway that has a loco with 4 character blinds, and getting some front on piccies, photoshopping them and sticking them in. A small donation to the preserved railway should gain you access to any headcode you desire - i'd find it's best to take a photo of the exact 4 number code you want rather than chop and change digits in photoshop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrushVeteran Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 If it is any help I purchased, for a small fee, the headcode font RLYTT from Ian Wilkie Logan who can be found on http://homepages.enterprise.net/iainlogan/ or contact him at iainlogan@enterprise.net He is a very helpful and knowledgable person on this matter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Thompson Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 For reasons known only to Bill gates, I have neither Gill Sans nor London MM on my version of XP. However, I do have Eras Light ITC, which has a little more angle for the 6s and 9s. 1E69 Just a thought. Jimmy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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