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CBS NEWS 36
Posted by hugocristo in
14 Mar 2003 — 5:18pm
14 Mar 2003 — 5:18pm
Does anyone ever heard about it?
Screenshots available at http://www.designaz.com.br/type/cbs.jpg
Cheers,
hugocristo
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14 Mar 2003 — 6:20pm
Yes, I'd seen that before (although I recently misindentified it as NBC36 on Typographi.ca), probably in an issue of Visible Language, but I'm not sure. I have a photocopy of the article somewhere in my "type closet"... Those little dots are basically very crude traps. But apparently they worked well at a certain size, on 70s TV (blurrier than today's TV). Anyway, it's nice to have an on-line reference.
hhp
14 Mar 2003 — 6:34pm
BTW, can you spot the missing trap?
(Assuming a threshold of 90 degrees.)
hhp
14 Mar 2003 — 11:50pm
What, where?
hhp
15 Mar 2003 — 12:17am
I noticed the missing traps (2) on the waist
of the ampersand (&), as well as potentially
on the ear of the lc "g".
15 Mar 2003 — 9:25am
Stephen, yes.
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If you trap the ear of the "g" (which can be seen as minimally above 90 degrees), then some others open up, like in the UC "Q".
hhp
15 Mar 2003 — 9:44am
yeah, I think it's very interesting too.
I've received that a while ago from a friend
while I was collecting information about
tv/video specific type design projects.
I've sent the original *huge* file (about 500kb)
so you could dig on it a little more.
http://www.designaz.com.br/type/cbsbig.jpg
I've also upload another page I've got,
comparing News Gothic Bold with CBS's font.
http://www.designaz.com.br/type/cbsbig2.jpg
Anyway, I couldn't find ANYTHING about it on
the net... If Hrant is right (Visible Language),
that'd be the most precise information I've
found so far.
hC
14 Mar 2003 — 10:33pm
...other than the one I mentioned elsewhere?
15 Mar 2003 — 12:06am
Oops. Meant to post this to Typo-L, but it went to Hugo's mail...
Wow, never seen this before. Looks like they took a slightly
condensed Helvetica and subjected it to some primitive
form of ink/light trapping with the same trap shape used
on any problem area, no matter the angle. Odd. Looks like
they ran out of steam and forgot to finish the ampersand.