Typophile

FAIRCHILD 670 Typeface

Firebird

Hi,

would someone happen to know the typeface used for the FAIRCHILD 670 (Audio compressor) logo (the "Fairchild" part)?

Although the attached picture shows rounded corners (due to picture resolution), I'm pretty sure the characters have squared ends.

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More images here: http://www.diy-racked.com/diy-talk/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=128

Thanks for any help.

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I am more inclined to think that the rounded ends are in the original. It looks to be standard Leroy® template lettering, obliqued, with a custom /F…

Same basic idea. different treatment of the /A…

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/nicksfonts/planscribe-nf/regular/glyphs.html

Thanks, oldnick, for your helpful reply - the original product was certainly from the age of mechanical lettering.

In the meantime, I also came up with this possibility:

http://www.linotype.com/642855/PredicateStdRoundedItalic-product.html

Kind regards,

Firebird

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