EWS lettering

Peter Everett

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Feb 3, 2005, 11:38:08 AM2/3/05

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Can anyone suggest a suitable font for making EWS lettering?
I'm currently using one called TechnicBold but the letters are a bit thin
and too rounded at the ends

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James Christie

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Feb 3, 2005, 1:55:53 PM2/3/05

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In message <cttk1a$1uc$1...@sun-cc204.lut.ac.uk>, Peter Everett
<nob...@student.lboro.ac.uk> may have written...

>Can anyone suggest a suitable font for making EWS lettering?
>I'm currently using one called TechnicBold but the letters are a bit thin
>and too rounded at the ends
>
>peter

I believe its the Ariel typeface.
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MartinS

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Feb 3, 2005, 2:14:23 PM2/3/05

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James Christie <ja...@christie.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Peter Everett <nob...@student.lboro.ac.uk> may have written...
>>Can anyone suggest a suitable font for making EWS lettering?
>>I'm currently using one called TechnicBold but the letters are a bit
>>thin and too rounded at the ends
>>

> I believe its the Ariel typeface.

Arial, Microsoft's version of Helvetica, is the most common sans-serif
font in use on computers.

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Adam

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Feb 4, 2005, 3:49:21 AM2/4/05

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"Peter Everett" <nob...@student.lboro.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> Can anyone suggest a suitable font for making EWS lettering?
> I'm currently using one called TechnicBold but the letters are a bit thin
> and too rounded at the ends

EWS use Gill Sans Bold as their main font, including the logo and numbers. A
classic railway typeface!

For the original EW & S Version, Arial works perfectly.

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Peter Everett

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Feb 4, 2005, 10:10:45 AM2/4/05

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"Adam" <adam.wa...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> "Peter Everett" <nob...@student.lboro.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:cttk1a$1uc$1...@sun-cc204.lut.ac.uk...
> > Can anyone suggest a suitable font for making EWS lettering?
> > I'm currently using one called TechnicBold but the letters are a bit
thin
> > and too rounded at the ends
>
> EWS use Gill Sans Bold as their main font, including the logo and numbers.
A
> classic railway typeface!
>

Thanks, looks spot on! I tried Arial but the tails of the 6s were hooked
over instead of straight.

Mi...@notigg.not.no

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Feb 4, 2005, 1:59:15 PM2/4/05

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On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:10:45 -0000, "Peter Everett"
<nob...@student.lboro.ac.uk> wrote:

>
>"Adam" <adam.wa...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>news:lGGMd.139$8G5...@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net...
>> "Peter Everett" <nob...@student.lboro.ac.uk> wrote in message
>> news:cttk1a$1uc$1...@sun-cc204.lut.ac.uk...
>> > Can anyone suggest a suitable font for making EWS lettering?
>> > I'm currently using one called TechnicBold but the letters are a bit
>thin
>> > and too rounded at the ends
>>
>> EWS use Gill Sans Bold as their main font, including the logo and numbers.
>A
>> classic railway typeface!
>>
>Thanks, looks spot on! I tried Arial but the tails of the 6s were hooked
>over instead of straight.
>
>peter

Eric Gill devised Gill Sans for use on railways, apparently as a youth
he was annoyed by being unableto read the lettering on passing
locomotives, the style was adopted by the LNER

PennyMc

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Jan 9, 2024, 7:46:30 PM1/9/24

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There's always the good old Helvetica

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