Fonts

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Thanks for the additional info.

J.T.McCutcheon


--- nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org wrote:


> Just for your information, the actual number sets

> are available from 

> the Commissary, click under decals, under Shellscale

> and set 8" Black 

> EMD Numbers used by N&W 	HO103    $4.50

> N  (same as above, but in N scale) 	 N103	$4.50

> 

> These are actual correct numerals, Gill Sans is not

> even very close. If 

> you are looking for the earlier style boards (black

> boards with white 

> or backlit numerals, try these

> 8" White Insert-style Numbers, for early N&W EMDs 

> HO105 $4.50

> N  (same as above, but in N scale) N105 $4.50

> 

> I hate to see anyone use something that is not right

> when the correct 

> material is available, especially from the

> Commissary.

> 

> Ken Miller

> 

> On May 4, 2006, at 10:02 AM,

> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org wrote:

> 

> > Thanks to all for the info.  I believe I have

> found a

> > font "Gill Sans" that will work.

> > J. T. McCutcheon

> >

> > --- nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org wrote:

> >

> >> Richard Shell can and probably will answer this

> one,

> >> but numberboard

> >> numbers from the 1970s are a specialized style

> >> number, they are

> >> numbers, generally stamped out of plastic, and

> glued

> >> to a white lexan

> >> background board.

> >>

> >> I have to assume that you are talking about the

> 1728

> >> after it was low

> >> nosed, the numbers on the low nose end

> numberboards

> >> are the standard

> >> style numbers. To the best of my knowledge, they

> are

> >> not a conventional

> >> font, but a design used almost exclusively for

> this

> >> purpose. I do not

> >> know if the numbers are a stock item that the

> >> railroad ordered from a

> >> supplier, I'd suspect so. I know they were

> assembled

> >> in Roanoke, and

> >> sometimes the boards were kind of sloppy, I have

> at

> >> least one that has

> >> one number or the other considerably lower than a

> >> straight line.

> >>

> >> I may be speaking out of turn here, but as I

> recall,

> >> the numberboard

> >> numbers were what started Richard into Shellscale

> >> Decals, he could not

> >> find the correct numbers for modeling, so he did

> the

> >> research, had the

> >> sets made, and began to sell them himself. He has

> >> correct number sets

> >> for both white numbers on black, and black

> numbers

> >> on white.

> >>

> >> Ken Miller

> >> On May 3, 2006, at 5:43 PM,

> >> nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org wrote:

> >>

> >>> Black.  The 1728 low short hood SD45.  What I'm

> >> trying

> >>> to duplicate is the number boards.

> >>> J.T.McCutcheon

> >>>

> >>> --- nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org wrote:

> >>>

> >>>> --- nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org wrote:

> >>>>

> >>>>> Can someone in this group tell me which fonts

> >> are

> >>>>> used

> >>>>> by N&W on the diesels, i.e. SD-45 1728?

> >>>>> TIA

> >>>>> J. McCutcheon

> >>

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